There Is A World Within You

There is a world within you

no one has ever seen, 

a voice no one has ever heard, 

not even you. 

As yet unknown 

you are your own seer,

your own interpreter.

And so, with eyes and ears 

grown sharp for voice or sign,

listen well – 

not to these words 

but to that inward voice, 

that impulse beating 

in your heart

like a far wave. 

Turn to that sound and you will find 

what no one has ever found, 

a ground within you 

no one has ever seen, 

a world beyond the limits 

of your dream’s horizon.

By Paul Murray