What then is said in a mocking birds song or in
the whisper of a wave or wind that rustles
through a field of wheat?

What words speak the falling rain or the rushing of
a brook or the speech of drifting leaves?

Can you hear the quiet words among the clouds or
the gentle voice beyond the stars?

If you say nay, I know not of these words or sounds,

how sad it is...for you have never truly lived
..until natures call is heard within.

© Joe Fazio

(brief renderings) Joe Fazio

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-you-say-nay/