Scott Simpson · Poetry

For the One Who Sees Differently

Use For Kindling · source pages 49

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There is a child

arranging twigs while others

draw inside the lines.

There is a girl who

hums to herself, who talks

to stones, who sees spirals

in fallen leaves.

They won’t win

the contest. They might not

get picked first.

But if you notice—

if you whisper

I see it too— they may

not stop.

And that’s how

a world is changed.