With Open Eyes

I step out into the still blanket-grey of morning.

I close my eyes.

I breathe.

I feel.

I listen.

Outside, this everyday teams with life,

With countless sounds of souls,

More than all my years could study,

Contemplate,

Love.

I open my eyes, and there is more.

. . .


The most immediate way I change my world, my way of being, is to close my eyes...

This poem forms part of the author's collected thoughts WITH AND ALONE.