Inspired

(Bruegel Paradise Landscape)

Let me inspire you to go higher:

Lost among the stars.

Our universe glitters, spread across the sky.

The world keeps turning,

Resplendent with hills and mountains,

Dales and plains.

Continents surrounded with seas and oceans

And clothed by grass and trees.

Mother Earth is blessed with flora and fauna:

Sentient beings of every shape and size,

From mighty whales and elephants,

Through furry friends like dogs and cats,
Tall giraffes, slithery snails, right down

To scattering ants and pesky flies.

Smell that fresh sea breeze,

Hear those rolling waves,

Screams of gulls

And twittering sparrows.

Feel the warm moist air

Of an Indian Summer.

Be mindful of all that is around,

Yet let imagination wonder,

For out there

There is more

So much more.

Dark Monsters of The Id

Are out there too,

We all know that.

But Life in all its splendour

And determination

Is there for all to see.

Oh to live forever with such things.

Paul Butters

© PB 16\10\2018.