THE VIEW

So much of our life is lived on the ground looking at the nitty gritty. 
What if we were to change our perspective and see the world "from a distance" ? 
What possibilities would we see?

A Star Lite poem I wrote when I was having one of those possibility perspective moments:

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To Catch a Cloud
 
Up on the top of my castle
I can see a whole landscape,
the farms, the field, the people,
      the weather.
 
I see the clouds come and go.
I see the children born and grow.
I see the lives lived in rhythm with
      the seasons.
 
The colors change.
The snow it blows.
The clothing the children wear
      matches.
 
And I, up in my castle, see
   the whole of life
            laid out for me.
Come and go.
Come and go.
Come and go, like the clouds.
 
I do not run or chase the clouds.
I let them be, billow, grow, fly away,
I put on a fire when the wind blows.
I sit in the sun when they allow.
 
For no matter how tall my castle
    may make me,
no matter how high I may see,
I am still not tall enough,
   strong enough,
   mighty enough,
            to catch a cloud.
 
- JP
 © Jeannine Proulx, 2019
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