Into the Outside

To take out pencil and notebook, I must put my head down to the page. 

To grasp the songs of the birds, 

  to witness children at play, 

    to marvel at the calm elegance of pelicans ~ I must. 

I could stand still

 breathe in those scenes ~ 

   and I do. 

Marvelling at the vast nature

  that surrounds me lending 

    beauty to my day 

~ even if just for a moment. 

When I want to capture in words 

  each lovely scene,

   create story around them, 

I must put my head down 

  while my pencil scribes in my notebook.

“..take out lovely pencil and notebook to find a few touching, kissing words.”

~ Mary Oliver,  Poem: A Morning Walk

Author’s note: inspired by Mary Oliver’s poem: Poem: A Morning Walk