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SYLLABUS by GEORGE ELLISTON

First Line: IT IS NOT ALWAYS WORDS THAT BRING
Last Line: THE SILENCE, TRUE.
Subject(s): EDUCATION; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

It is not always words that bring
New understanding deeply seen --
Sometimes it is the silences
That fall between.

You speak and there are loosed upon
The quiet air, a flock of birds,
A thousand colors in the sun --
These are your words.

I follow dazzled as I move,
Subservient to your utmost will --
Your thoughts compel me even as
I climb the hill.

You make an ending and blue air
So lately cut to rainbow hue
Is clear, my thoughts are free and in
The silence, true.



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