Open Your Eyes and Really See
A new day dawns, but do you really see
the sun as it filters through the canopy of maple leaves?
A new life begins, but do you really feel
her baby-soft skin as she grabs your fingers to hold your
heart?
A new path winds its way among the cat-tails and grasses,
but do you really hear
the cricket’s chirp in tune or the bullfrog’s invasive baritone?
A new sweet rose fragrance wafts by, but do you detect the
underlying mulch decaying,
returning to the soil that which belongs as dust to dust,
ashes to ashes?
Open your eyes and really see what the world has to offer
you
before it fades from bruised apathy and ragged conflict.
© Catherine Woods 2017
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