Open Hearts Poem by John Sensele

Open eyes readily see value
In little jokes, in snatches of conversation
On a bus, in a taxi and pick up a clue
That opens up new possibility vistas yonder a frustration.

Open ears listen to low decibels
Beyond the human range of audibility,
Sift chaff from nuggets in melodious sounds of bells
Tolling in nearby churches to promote affability.

Open hearts open arms to overtures
From kindred souls who aspire and desire
To interact and to mend decomposing sutures
In smitten personalities whose wheals breathe fire.

Open minds imbibe new insights
They gather from fools, from the despised
From babes, from the homeless whose sights
Are set on improving the human condition among the surprised.