Taking time to think and transpose those thoughts into words.
We Have Such Great Powers
We must open our eyes
to see the beauty.
Listening through clamor
we can hear silence.
By reaching out to others
we can touch, and feel love.
It is by inhalng deeply
we can smell the Earth
By consuming a tear
we can taste compassion.
How did we come by
the knowledge of these senses?
We are created with them all,
but learn from the experience
of those before us
We are tantalized by the visions of
light, color, and darkness.
We are made alert by hearing a child's cry,
a lover's sigh, and our own gasp.
We are made aware of strength,
by touching the bark of a tree.
We learn the power of hunger
by the smell of fresh baked breads.
We quench our dry mouth and body
with the taste of clean, cool water.
Take moments each and every day
to appreciate and acknowledge
our powers of perception:
Sight, Hearing, Touch, Smell, and Taste
Of all of these you've written about, emotions are the result of what our senses tell us. One of the things that seems to be overlooked is that all animals large and small have emotions, too. If we are empathetic enough, we can see it. Some of these animals have powers far beyond ours that we have used and abused over time. Once we understand our interdependence, all of these powers can be brought to best use. In the meantime, I long for the smell of my mother's fresh-baked bread with butter melting over it.
Micke: your last stanza sort of sums up this whole poem., We need to count our blessings everyday and appreciate what has alreafy been given to us by God.
Because we have an opportunity to choose our attitude and focus our intentions in the present moment, the world and our own personal lives are a reflection of our thoughts. It is our 360 degree review on how we think. Put simply, our job is to fully
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Ron
Thank you for this wonderful poem fulled with wisdom.
John Michael
Sandie.
In a word... TREMENDOUS !!!
"A Blessing on your head...Mozoltov!"