CO-EXISTENCE.
If through busyness there is no moment
to sit or stand
and look quietly at daffodils Spring will
have kissed its last,
hot Summer\'s virility will have smothered
the countryside and still
not been marvelled at by a too keen time
keeper before Winter
de- leaves Autumn and its freeze begins.
Months, if not noted unobtrusively meld
each seasonal change
to deflect attention and years slip away
imperceptibly while joy
soon disappears off its missed agenda.
Clearly this calls for deliberate action by
abandoning chores,
closing guilt\'s doors then skipping into
airy morning\'s offered
shawl of freshly filtered repairing dew.
Stopping to hark at silence and wonder
gives proper mindfulness
when time defines moments by reviving
a simple child-like awe
as it fills listening hearts with lark-song
for by staring at nature
to learn co-existence souls receive light.