FINDING PEACE

When our world seems so chaotic…filled with man’s inhumanity to man

We search for peace and happiness…anywhere we can

On my walk this morning as I was wondering what fortunes today would bring

somewhere in the darkness a bird began to sing

I wasn’t in a hurry so I stopped to listen for a while

and when I looked up at the crescent moon…I swear I saw her smile.

As I walked a little farther another bird sang out to me

This one was accompanied by a cricket harmony.

Still farther on my walk what was I to meet

but a moth, I think a promethean, standing in the street.

If I told you I was a lepidopterist certainly I’d be lying

But it looked to my non-scientific eyes like this little moth was dying.

“This is no place for you to be little moth.” I said, “No place for you to linger.”

So I put my hand down and this little moth climbed upon my finger.

I gently set her on a flower where she had a clear view of the sky

“This is a beautiful place to live I whispered…and not a bad place to die”.

As I continued on I talked to a rabbit…I saw three squirrel acrobats?

And even though I said hello….I was ignored by two tom cats.

The cats just stared as I walked by…their feelings they never telegraphed

and when I looked up at the crescent moon again…this time…I swear she laughed.

Who knew in a world that seems so chaotic….

all I need to is to step out my front door

And…

Listen to the birds

Say goodbye to a moth

watch some animals

be ignored by two cats 

and laughed at by the moon

to find the peace I was looking for.