Nature Rises

I sit myself high on this mountain scape 

gaze upward to a sky adorned with wisp white clouds

my head tilts awaiting the sun’s fond kiss

as a gentle breeze weaves 

the valley, the trees, the grass - to me

I breathe,

the sight of a turquoise butterfly, eager to land on a single golden flower,

wings glinting in the sun, directing my wholehearted attention -

I attempt to count its flutters

impossible!

I am getting caught up in the radiance 

a tiny moment of 

all that is

the flower, butterfly, tree, mountains, valleys and me

the sky and the sun

all -

invoked by nature 

with a request to simply be,  

this time, this place

in return a promised existence of

eternal impermanence - 

ah, finally, a place to call home.

Reviews

[Buddhistboy73]

A peaceful, meditative poem om mother ature...:)

You have a similar style to mine in fact.....I;m drawn to the way this poem flows and meanders through mountains, valleys and with butterflys........

Thanks for sharing....

BB73

[Einstein Noodle]

ahhhhhhhh! just our eternal moments ... it's 2:45 AM ... i have been up since midnight .. was asleep around 8PM ... it's my age and old habits .. your poem ... this moment in my cabin "computer room" ... pine walls ... black window (the unkonwn) a bit scary ... ahhhhhhhhhhh! blessed ..
thanks for sharing .. it's been a while hasn't it!?

[KWP]

ahhh hello you … this moment, at my home, after another first day of a new role, soup for dinner, no rain, rain was expected, no rain, just spoke to Mali who will be here Wednesday night, his weekend was filled with bike packing in Wollemi National Park … it was raining, he said ‘bikes with packs get heavy in strong rain.’

Ahhh E nice to see you … it has been a while and I am delighted to read your words … and really? Scary out the black window … ? I feel you.

[Einstein Noodle]

i think of you and your beautiful family down under ;))) glad we are all staying safe and taking in the wonderful air available

[emmajoygreen]

' breathe,
the sight of a turquoise butterfly, eager to land on a single golden flower,
wings glinting in the sun, directing my wholehearted attention -
I attempt to count its flutters
impossible!

I am getting caught up in the radiance
a tiny moment of
all that is'

Seeing Nature is so different from looking at it.. the latter suggests a walk past rather than stopping to see every nuance human eyes can or could see. You offer a few steps into a world not made by Man but created for him by whatever one believes in.. surrounding that offer beauty, truth and a haven. Thank you as ever always. Hope my few words are readable

[Davidgeo]

I sat through a very boring human anatomy lecture that turned out to be interesting in retrospect. If only for the references to how bugs, particularly butterflies and bees, detect light and why tigers look so strikingly obvious to us but why certain ungulates and boars are virtually blind to them (they are orange color blind... tigers are almost invisible to them, life must be a nightmare for them, or a dream as they never really "see" the end coming). Also.. there is a painter named Concita Atico, she is what is called a "tetrachrome" where they have an extra type/set of color receptors in their eye/brain and therefore see more of the light spectrum. It makes for interesting artwork.

[KWP]

oh and that artist you mentioned is an Aussie …

[Davidgeo]

This does not surprise me

[Fabian G. Franklin]

It's wonderful to feel at home in nature and one with your surroundings. Lovely write.

[Sami Khalil]

It flows well with the natural beauty surrounding the author. It has immersion and appreciation, release and no coercion.
Enjoyed your write!