Hard to describe
— Impossible, maybe —
How that particular patch
Of sunlight
On that particular patch
Of grass, just greening out of the
Winter-gray field
Made my heart lurch
With joy.
Maybe it was the cow,
Bending over to slurp a mouthful
Of gorgeous green.
But it was only a cow.
Cows are everywhere,
(at least around here)
And rarely make me
Almost-cry.
I nearly pulled out my phone
To take a photo.
But I knew it would be
Like it always it
When I see a thing in the
Natural world that
Snatches my breath:
Later, it’s just a photo.
Of a cow.
If I could paint,
Would my painting breathe
And glow
Like the new spring
And the sunlight and the grass and the life?
Maybe it would, but I can’t.
So I just hold the memory
Of the time
When sun and earth and life
Met together for a perfect,
Soul-strengthening
Moment.
Glad,
So glad
that I was there to see it.
(4) Comments for this blog
This is how you keep it- you write it, and share it so the rest of us can see it too. I love moments like that- the simple ones that take your breath away.
This is how you keep it- you write it, and share it so the rest of us can see it too. I love moments like that- the simple ones that take your breath away.
You told it perfectly. Moments like that are snatches of God’s eye, I think. Because there’s no other way to explain the way it makes us feel. Last night, that totally happened to me when I saw rain dripping down a window pane. It was just…marvelous to see it bead and streak.
You told it perfectly. Moments like that are snatches of God’s eye, I think. Because there’s no other way to explain the way it makes us feel. Last night, that totally happened to me when I saw rain dripping down a window pane. It was just…marvelous to see it bead and streak.