She seeks while I’m the one that hides
My toy car rolls as I play with it
The cut I got while running starts to hurt
The warm weather calls for the pool
I yell as the water consumes me
Can you hear me?
I hop from one bush to another
My white furry tail trailing behind me
The long orange triangle waiting for me to bite it
Something grabs me as I go for it
A squeak escapes my pink mouth
Can you hear me?
Swarms of bodies enter the office
The pink blouse gets stained with coffee right away
Call after call my face tightens
Boss slams the phone down on my arm
I wince in pain and gasp
Can you hear me?
The stink comes from my rear end
I wait for someone to change me
The white paper thing getting more soaked
The smell of milk hits my nose
I cry out for a change and a drink
Can you hear me?
I swivel my way through the cracks
The giant’s house has been broken into
My black body and small legs carrying the bread home
A human approaches as I try to maneuver around it
A deathly noise escapes my mouth as a foot hits my body
Can you hear me?
I run around the tree
My bushy black and brown tail chasing after me
The thought of more acorns driving me forward
The sound of a bark from far drawing nearer
The pitter-patter of my hurried feet getting faster
Can you hear me?
On the way to the show
The excitement in the car on level high
Whooshing noise of the wind breezing by
The smell of rain getting stronger as more comes down
The noise of the tires screeching as my breath is knocked away
Can you hear me?
The voices of those you don’t know
The gasps
The pain
The shock
The noises of the world
Can you hear me?
The reactions that show a feeling
The selfishness
The everlasting sadness
The broken parts
The different sounds
Can you hear me?
You drink and drive
You kill the first bug you see
You ignore the baby to be on the phone
You take your bad day out on others
You only think of yourself
Can you put others before you?
Can you pretend to be in there shoes?
Can you REALLY see them?
Even the smallest little animal
The little aspects of life
Pay attention
Notice others outside your box
Think beyond the normal
Maybe you cant
Then try
Can you at least hear them?