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.
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Author:
Fay Slimm. (
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Thanks FAY we all need to get out MORE ! I do a lot of Coastal Field Courses ~ mainly S E Coast checking on erosion ~ and I love to go to the Lake District and I'm going to the Isle of Man in OCTOBER ~ EXOTIC ! I write alot about the Seasons so you know where my HEART is ! Lots of good advice in your lovely POEM ~ Please check "COTTAGE BY THE SEA" with DEAN & NANCY "Things" as a BONUS also FUSION on ANIMALS with The Shadows "APACHE" as another BONUS ~ Your Friend as always BRIAN !
Ah glad you noticed the message behind my poetic lines here Brian - - "by staring at nature
to learn co-existence souls receive light." - - that I believe is part of finding the awe. Thanks for the visit and read dear friend.
Wonderful words Fay, we all boned to co-exist.
Yes dear Goldi - - to find much more to life we all need to work on co-existence.
Love the last two stanzas. Nature will bring out the child in us, if we let it. By it does take a deliberate action on our parts. Time will slip away while we're distracted by our every day lives and we miss the importance of being mentally and physically refreshed by nature. Love this one Ms Fay!
My grateful thanks for your expressive comment after reading my words on co-existence - -- we will gain much as we harken to nature and "find the awe."
A fine write Fay. Hopefully we need not say 'You've had your Summer (all of it); it was yesterday; that's your lot for this year!'
Glad you enjoyed the read dear Orchi and thanks for the comment.
A beautiful, meaningful piece!
Just today i sat in the sunshine watching trains go by and admired the beauty of the long grasses growing by the rusting 5 bar gate. Taking time to take it in because, well because its a simple beauty i've taken for granted throughout my days and next time i pass that way it will probably be a different season.
So much of beauty we take for granted.
Reading your piece today brought this fresh to mind. The spirit of your words is so true. Thank you.
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