by DellyBelly

Created on: June 28, 2008   Last Updated: July 26, 2008

Inspiring
Is the word
For the beauty of nature
On the walk home after a tiring day
Or on mornings
When I'm low on sleep
and high on stress
It diffuses the tiredness
Leaves me with awe
and caresses me with a loving awakening

I remember that evening
The sun was neatly tucked underneath the clouds
So much so that I could look up fearlessly
It cast an image
on the gentle current of the glassy creek

And the gentleness wrapped me with calm
I smiled

I remember the sidewalk
As I walked to school on one fall morning
With brown and orange leaves all over it
It was pretty
The differing hues of different colours
On the trees
As they danced about in the wind
I admired them
As I walked along

The sharp brightness
Preceding sunset
Proceeded by the orange horizon
As the sun ends its daily course
The ephemeral gold-tinted rim
Of the horizon
as the sun dutifully resumes
I am left simply staring

After a long walk home
in the cold of winter
I looked outside my window
As I thawed out
I saw purple skies
Beauty beyond measure
So I took a picture

The exotic scent of the garden at home
Delicate petals, promising buds,
The flowers that bloom annually
The leaves that are revived
The morning after a fun family evening
Wetting the plants
And getting wet!

It's wonderful
That though we cannot create
We are blessed to be able to nurse creation
To our personal taste and standards of perfection

Sometimes it's simply sensing the extraordinary
In the ordinary
But sometimes nature pulls on some stunts too
Displays, vivid and majestic
Pastels, calm and delicate

Look up,
Look down,
Look around,
Never forget to look
Feel the cool morning breeze
And with all of your senses
BREATHE

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