"LOOK AROUND"
by Becky Hemsley
People in myths pay no mind to the prince
Who was changed from a frog with just kisses
And none of them balk at the trees that can talk
And don’t doubt that the stars can grant wishes
That answer them back from the wall
They sing with the dryads and drink with the giants
Who tower one hundred feet tall
They do not imagine the fairies and dragons
‘Cause those things are already there
With captured princesses whose extra-long tresses
Mean people can climb up their hair
Yes, all of these creatures with fairy-tale features
Don’t notice the magic they make
So they overlook half of what’s in their book
‘Cause it’s part of the plot every day
And maybe we too are so blind to our view
‘Cause it’s one that we know very well
And so we don’t stop and don’t listen to what
Kinds of stories our world has to tell
The stories of trees as they’re shedding their leaves
Just to welcome them back come the spring
And the way we all stay – how we don’t float away
From this great ball of rock as it spins
The stories of skies full of water and fires
With the power to flood and ignite
The mountains, volcanoes, the rare double rainbows
The phases of moon every night
And once long ago, we would never have known
That we’d one day explain it somehow
We’d have marvelled at more, we’d have stared with such awe
And perhaps we should do the same now
Because without seeing and knowing, believing,
We’d say it’s a tale in a book
Yet there’s wonder abound in the world – all around
We just keep forgetting to look
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Becky Hemsley 2023
Beautiful artwork by Lynne Bellchamber Fine Art
'Look Around' is from 'Letters from Life' https://a.co/d/1R5VZfo
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