Beauty is all Around - A poem

Beauty is all around

When life is not being kind

I escape inside my mind

And rejoice in what my thought brings

The beauty in the smallest things

Like..

Sleeping kittens, tiny and new

Golden sunlit morning dew

Flowers glistening after rain

A gentle flickering candle flame

A dragonfly on gossamer wings

Pond ripples in perfect rings

Sparkling silver moonlit trails

Left by common garden snails

Then I think of beauty more grand

Like southern beaches with pale sand

Reflections on water from city lights

Clear and crisp star filled nights

A rainbow stretched across the sky

Black thunderclouds rolling by

A gentle flowing forest stream

White capped mountains with peaks extreme

So when you are full of sadness and doubt

Open your eyes and look about

And you will see what I have found

There is beauty all around.

3/08/2007

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