E Naughton

Stay a while

Would you stay a while and listen

 

I may have found a key

a key to life behind one’s eyes

no need for vanity

 

Would you stay a while and take a breath

 

Tell me what you feel

notice scents upon the air

your hair among the breeze

the pull of earth beneath your feet

 

as you rise above the trees

 

unprompted thoughts like barking dogs

accepting what life brings