LISTEN!

Footfalls along the corridor,
Mumbles from within walls,
Birds argue from a distance,
A piano tinkles from afar,
A car drives along an unseen road,
A machine whirrs and hums,
Scrapes and creaks from furniture,
Stirrings of existence, of people,
Laughter and giggling from peers,
Your own breath, your heartbeat -
Rhythms of life.


By my brother
Gregory Lim
Year 11, 1988
St. Peters Lutheran College, Qld.

Rhotograph : Souther France; by Maynard Owen Williams