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Ocean of Calm

The serenity
Of the shoreline
With the mist
And the clouds
An ocean of calm
Like a breath
And a sigh

Pics or it didn’t happen
But I was so busy

Photographing
Instagramming
Facebooking
Snapchatting
Wordpressing
Tweeting

It happened
But I wasn’t there

Sometimes I wonder
If I have stepped onto another world

But…

Could there be another place
In the universe
As beautiful as this one?

With the house lights up
It’s easy to notice
The styrofoam
Its imperfections
The flecks of white
Where it’s chipped

The night woods
So dark
The sunny day
So bright

We master the light
Know the science, the art
The secrets of magic

In the dimness
I saw a monster on my bed
But just a towel
In a jumble
A child’s mind
Trying to make sense

In reflections
I see a dragon breathing fire
But just a building
With a light on
Like the child
Imagination still at play

Should the day come
When I see only what’s there
No monsters, no dragons
Which I playfully must slay
How sad I will be
In a world so plain and grey

There are places
On this Earth
Which taught me
Expect the unexpected

And still
They surprise me

In the light
I am caught

Ominous
It hangs there
No rotor wash
No engine sound
A not quite motionless
Hover
A spectacular
Unblinking eye
Staring at me

And I
So vulnerable
A thousand yards
Of waist high grass
From cover

Familiar to a billion
But utterly strange
To me

Yet… perhaps no greater love for this moment
Whether it seem strange or familiar
Than mine

Sometimes the path
Is so well lit
With little thought
I follow it

And then it ends
So I arrive
At places
Unexpected

Sometimes pretty
Sometimes dour
Sometimes ugly
Sometimes flowered

Sometimes
I wonder

If I can be still
For just a moment longer
If I can be present
In all this shadow and blur
Will the world make more sense

Will anyone see