I Took A Walk

The thin, emerald green
bends harshly in the whistling wind
that pushes it about
it dances under the settling
glow of the faraway fireball
lowering for a night of peaceful rest,
after a long day of shining fiercely for all

All alive
Celebrating spring
season of love,
rebirth,
happiness
The beautiful day,
the kind you only find once a year
one you must cherish
warm air,
slight breeze,
clear sky
Green,
everywhere.

In the distance little,
black dots
Imagine them grazing
their whole bodies arching to reach
the too short, delicious, spring grass
swaying in time with the earth and sky
under the afternoon blaze

They seem to grow at the edges
Fences,
closing in
guarding, protecting
though slowly creeping
they rise slowly
closer and closer
 gracefully
Tall and magnificent they stand
glories and strong
A natural apartment building
housing thousands of lives
light green, dark green, mint, jade
the reddish brown of long gone autumn
the bareness of the fading cold

My head turns upward
eyes fluttering against the water-like sky
an endless void of faith and dreams

Stand tall
arms stretched out
breathe in deeply
filling my lungs
till their fit for bursting
trying to imagine
each breath, each molecule
of air
rushing though my body
I close my eyes

Hear the chirping birds
dancing, fluttering, hopping on the rough, dry branches
Smell the aromatic flowers blooming
most just barely buds,
yet standing tall
Taste the pollen in the air
the life in it all

As I try to take in all this beauty
this view
this Essence
I come to a realization
You can't.

You have to interpret each thing as an
individual
only then,
to see it as a whole
as a life
A whole, working together, living life