have you looked up
way up in the sky
to see some star
twinkling as a diamond
or knelt down
way, way low
to smell the ground
filled with earthiness
how about a river
did you ever
dip your hand
letting it glide
while the water run
through your fingertips
or have you
listen for awhile
hearing the leaves
of the tree rustle a bit
like being played
as strings of a guitar
by the wind ~
maybe or maybe not
you may or may not say
you’ve stopped
and took a pause
as if from a movie
by clicking the remote
only for a moment
for one instance
you stayed still
right there
in the now
within
the stream of time
just to notice
to feel inside
yes to capture
ever so briefly
into the mind’s eye ~
so, so
you’d really know
you’re alive,
you’re living
and you’ve lived
among and together
with all these things
Image & Words by ~Keith Alan Hamilton~