Windows Open the Mind

Always looking, waiting for
beauty and peace of
children laughing and playing,
dangling feet from a swing
ever ready to leap
finding new adventures
grey skies and blue
harbor moments of
insight,
joy,
knowing that all of
life is
meant to place me in the
now
opening a
portal glimpsing into a world
quite unknown but
real
staring, I gaze
through the
unexpected
veneer each day a
window into pervasive
xenophobia drawing a
yearning for
zealous kindness.

. . .

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.
—Khalil Gibran

pink red buds blossom on a single branch with blue sky and limbs in the background. Text: Poetry centers the heart. by Kathryn LeRoy

. . .

And always—

Be kind. Be brave. Be you.

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Photo: Windows  © Kathryn LeRoy

Poem form: Abecedarian and inspired by dVerse Poets prompt on window gazing