MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸 on Nostr: "Now we will count to twelve and let's keep quiet. For once on earth let's not talk ...

"Now we will count to twelve
and let's keep quiet.

For once on earth
let's not talk in any language;
let's stop for a second,
all of us at the same time
in need of rest.

If we weren't so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving
and could maybe do nothing for once,
a huge silence might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves,
of threatening ourselves with death;
and perhaps the earth could teach us ... "

from 'Keeping Still', by Pablo Neruda

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