Niall Finn
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VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY
The same semantic field they share –
The brain serves as a link –
But “register” and “be aware”
Are not the same as “think”.
Intention makes the difference;
A thing we plan to do.
We find this kind of change of sense
In other pairings too.
With “look” and “watch”, our eyes we use
On purpose, consciously;
Whereas we do not always choose
To see the things we see.
Nor do we choose, as you’ll have found
All that we get to hear
It’s every whirl and swirl of sound
That chances to appear.
Our ears, however, we can tell
To focus on one thing
And find they function just as well
When we are listening.