Take a Moment

To you

you who lives among our rainbow hills--

green one moment

orange the next

and always blue in the distance--

you who lives along a river

you who lives looking into sunsets

you and you

you who know beauty is below you and above you and

yes

in front of you

around you

you

pause

open your eyes

wide and watch

the birds watch

the clouds watch

the rustling trees setting sun blowing grass listen

close your eyes

light and listen

the river flows listen

the animals talk listen

the flapping butterfly blowing grass peepers let it

let it all come around you,

you who is around it

all the time yes you

beauty is all around you.