A Place
When I look for a place of peace,
I look to nature for release.
For man can make towers high,
that scrape the clouds and catch the eye.
But all these wonders we make or buy,
do not compare with simple sea and sky.
Why do we flock to the beach?
Why do we climb mountains out of reach?
To find the peace that nature provides,
to escape the stress and emotion that resides.
In all the obstructions we put in our way.
Corralling conveniences that hold us in sway.
The very things that make our life easy,
also give stress and make us feel queasy.
For all of the dangers that nature provides,
vanish in an instant with peace on all sides.
When we escape to that place we all know so well,
that garden of Eden that birthed us, heavenly hell.
Where death could come easily from basic needs,
and the struggle was harsh, everything bleeds.
But oh, the peace, the stress release to be found,
back in the arms of the seasons come round.
To know our beginnings and all that we are,
to gaze at the sunset and then spy a star.
To feel nature's wrath as well as its cure,
to drink from its waters and know they are pure.
All we ask is a place left under the sun,
where we can play free and can still run.
For without mother nature and without our birth,
there will no longer be a place for us on this earth.
Copyright 2015 © Ronald W. Hull
3/19/15
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THANKS FOR THE REMINDER OF THIS PLACE, RONALD. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
Always,
Deborah
there will no longer be a place for us on this earth.
I so agree with the theme expressed throughout your poem, Ron. Thank you! Love and peace,
Regis
All the above occasions address human conditions in today's world...strengthen the ties between human creativity in every aspect of art...discover and enhance the magical power of words....
Your poem's words show that...the Nature and good poetry go hand in hand and...are in line with the UNESCO's quote for 2015:
"Poetry is the universal human song, expressing the aspiration of every woman and man to apprehend the World and share this understanding with others, through the arrangement of words in rhythm and meter".
Thank you Ron, for sharing your wonderfully sensitive-inspiring-and calling for a greater good...writing....You've totally made my day!
Warm Spring Hugs! 💝
A place of peace. Beautifully penned of wonderful prose.
Lady Mary Ann
Michael D.
Love ya!
Jane
You capture well that odd metaphysical tension between the man-made constructions in which we sometimes entrap ourselves rather than utilize to liberate ourselves. Nature can challenge us in many severe ways but then rewards in splendid fashions as well, such as being able "to gaze at the sunset and then spy a star."
Greatly enjoyed the music and wisdom of these lines. Have a fantastic World Poetry Day.