Move softly when you pass the clearing.
Your heart may jump into your throat
Contain your outward exuberance
Silent like a church the clearing hums.
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The moment is calling...you need only listen. Superb imagery that takes the reader beyond the petty n trite life. A discerning heart sees beyond the visible. I can feel a spirit moving n stirring in the Nature you have described so beautifully. You have gone into the soul of Nature and conjured up the images that are both enthralling n enlightening. A write that brings to life the philosophy of Pantheism. A super 10.
Great descriptive write. I loved the concluding stanza most. Yes, we fail to hearken to the calling of the moment trapped miserably in the past. Thus, we miss all the vibrant clearings of life. (10)
Precisely so, I think of how we are deafened to the world around us. How we cheat ourselves out of that gift of life.