THE TREASURES OF LIFE
| The treasures of this wondrous world Are beyond man's realm of 'worth' And they're free to every creature That walks this planet Earth We need not sulk in shadows Everyone may feel the sun Take in all that nature offers 'Til our span on earth is done The softness of a rainbow That paints a summer sky Just one of this life's treasures So pleasing to the eye The cool green grass that beckons you Beside a shady stream To gaze on sparkling water Where sunbeams dance and gleam The beauty of majestic stone That hugs a mountain face White clouds that drift above the peaks With a restful, soothing grace The refreshing winter breezes That set the cheeks aglow With messages of greeting From mountains capped with snow The gentle kiss of summer showers That cool the heart and soul That wash away a stressful day And make the spirit whole To wander through the bushland Where the wildlife live and play The beauty in the wildflowers That greet you on the way The music in the booming waves That thrills the heart in me As they reinforce the wonder And the vastness of the sea To paddle in its waters With the cool sand at your feet A hidden world's uncovered As the tide is in retreat To gaze upon your children Perhaps life's greatest prize You're filled with true emotion And a love you can't disguise The softness and the rapture That is far beyond compare As we gaze upon the innocence Of a young child knelt in prayer To watch children open presents In an early Christmas morn Fills a parent with contentment Makes you glad that you were born The aroma of your favourite meal That seems to fill the air As you look on family faces And see love in every chair To feel the energy that courses Through a busy, city street To know that life is individual In each face that you meet You can increase the joy of living Feel the wonder life can be View the treasures that surround us That some folk seldom pause to see To look up at the heavens Study sun, and moon, or star And be constantly reminded Of how small we really are I find beauty in the sunrise And in every sunset too And in the golden bloom of wattle And the early morning dew In the stately trees that shade us In a puppy's happy pant In the veins that feed the smallest leaf In natures smallest plant I bless the wonders that surround me Enchantment's there for those who seek I'm enthralled with nature's magic Every day in every week In the green sward of a valley In a thunderous waterfall And the cry of newborn babies The most exciting sound of all In the fall of leaves in Autumn And even on a busy street I feel I walk on nature's carpet As they swirl beneath my feet And the beauty and the majesty That's in a horse's face And to observe on frosty mornings The spider's wondrous lace To gaze upon a baby lamb A pleasure hard to beat To watch it wag its little tail And hear its tiny bleat And a treasured, fun-filled moment That this life on earth can bring Is to watch a little kitten Playing with a ball of string The pride within a guide dog As it treads its measured pace And the beauty of the confidence Within its owners face And it may be just coincidence But I don't think that it's odd Our most loving, faithful animal When spelled backwards; it spells God The velvet touch of mossy rocks Winter's chill upon your nose The crackle of a friendly fire The sweet smell of a rose To watch the mist rise off a river As a new day is begun To watch the mountains shed their shadows As they greet the morning sun Nature has so many treasures She gives freely every day When we take time to absorb them We are enriched in every way The feathered hues of birdlife Sing songs so proud and clear In voices blessed by heaven The sweetest songs you'll hear The green ferns on a mountain side And the sweeping, waving plain That was once hid by the ocean And is now a field of grain To awaken every morning And seek what nature has in store A wondrous world of treasure Awaits outside your door The buzzing sound the bee makes As it raids a garden plant The beauty of a butterfly The strength within an ant There's so many sights of wonderment On which to feast our eyes And the scents and sounds of nature Are gifts we all should prize The excitement in just guessing The first word your child will say The pleasant chirp of crickets And the scent of new mown hay We won't be here forever Just one life we have to live We should explore the pure emotions Inner nature has to give Time itself is treasure You can't put it on the shelf Use some time to view life's wonders And enrich your inner self I'm so grateful every moment That through my father's wife 'Nature' breathed into my body This treasure we call life K.D. Abbott © 2008 |
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