‘The Wisest Listen to Everything. All
The Time, Carefully,
They listen before speaking…’

A Guiding Voice

Not all things fit into easy understanding.
Many of the most intriguing and
Mysterious ways upon which we learn
Come from those quiet, isolated
Times when we are alone…
When the light is dim

Or the air is still…when the rain
Falls and sounds are lost to blind
Noise…Or when Night falls…
And the Commotion of the Masses
Rest…And sounds echo…
Bustling Minds Fall Asleep…
And the Few Guided by a different
Drum…Find Awareness Sharpen…
The Twilight…And the Moon
And the Stars Silently come
Alive…All is unpredictable, Free
But cautious…
Then you notice things that just
Don’t seem right…Things no one notices…

Both the Light and the Dark have
Power at night…It’s show time…

Outside, on the deck, with the dog
Staring into the woods for no reason…
The dog barks in a craze, then freezes…
Silent…Eyes fixate in one direction,
No reason…Eyes in the dark,
In the trees…8 to 10 feet off
The ground…A [air of orange-red eyes…
Invisible, no one sees…but they’re often there.
They shouldn’t be there, but they are.
No, it’s not there, nothings there.
It’s just a…but it’s too big for that.
It’s nothing. The dog isn’t moving or making
A noise, but the dog is…watching.
It’s happened more times…Just the eyes…
Eyes in the Night.
You tell people and everyone dismisses it.
They see…believe…nothing…a lot.
But they’re experts on everything.

Eyes in the Night…what the?
The Voice over the shoulder whispers…
“Now you’re going to stop asking,
And listen…Watch and Listen…”
Pause…go inside…And in the kitchen
Window…The same eyes watching…
Just watching…That pair of Eyes.
Ignore them. Go to Bed.
Then there, at the end of the hallway,
That pair of Eyes…
It’s in the house…Ignore it, and
Keep moving.
And the voice over the shoulder whispers,
“Let’s see what it wants. Don’t worry.”
The dog sees it, and does nothing
But move slow beside me.

Can’t think. Just go to bed. It’s not there.
To bed…And the dog falls strangely,
Quietly asleep…
Sit, watch, wait, thinking…nothing to
Do but sleep.
And the voice whispers, “Just go to sleep,
Don’t worry. Let’s see what it wants.”

Strangely, Fast asleep…in dreams, The Eyes
In the Night come closer and reveal
Something huge…a giant tiger-like, angry
Looking man…It wants answers.
But the voice says… “No.”
There is a crashing, thunder sound in
A dark blind dream…
And the voice returns… “Nothing to worry
About…”
Questions peak and rise, it wasn’t there,
It was…what was it?

And the voice responds… “I told you not
To think about this…ignore it…
Pretend it didn’t happen…And when
You wake, you act the same as everyone
Else…say nothing more than on the page.”

Things happen you can’t explain.
Things happen no one believes…
And unless they see it themselves
It isn’t real.
One day no one will believe them either.

Regardless of these things…you keep
Going. The point is, not to worry about
Convincing…but to stay aware…and
Keep going.

Valiant.