Look Around In Wonder

IMAGE OF THE WEEK

We are grateful to Rupali Bhuva for offering this hand-made painting for this reading.

Look around, look around,
Look around in wonder,
Trace the thunderous cloud above
That feeds the river under.
Look above and look below
And look at last within,
You'll see a river running there
And when you do, jump in.

See the seedling sprouting up,
See the tree that bends,
Keep on seeing through the years
How nothing ever ends.
Watch the hawk and watch the cat
And watch the prey they stalk,
Watch the infant reaching out
That slowly learns to walk.

Watch the curling fern unfurl
And watch it curl again,
See the sunlight through the mist
That hangs above the fen.
Watch the moon peek through the leaves,
And see the stars take shape,
Watch the earth go round and round
A sun it can't escape.

Watch your hands and watch your feet
And watch your changing face,
See it in a river's glass
That's never in one place.
Watch the mountains slowly rise
And sink down toward the sea,
Watch your chest both rise and fall
In perfect harmony.

Look around, look around,
Look around in wonder,
Trace the thunderous cloud above
That feeds the river under.
Look above and look below
And look at last within,
You'll see a river running there
And when you do, jump in.

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David Griswold is an author, poet, educator, father, and musician. He writes children's poetry in the early hours of morning before his children wake up.