Discovering, Every Day

Discovering, Every Day

© by Bud Lemire on Aug 21, 2015

As time seems to pass away

I look quite closely at each day

I look at flowers on the ground

I discover things when they are found

I look at the clouds in the sky

The shapes they behold to the eye

The sunlight shining upon a certain place

The smile it brings to my face

A dragonfly that lands upon a tree

All the things that will ever be

The butterfly that flutters without a sound

As I explore what is all around

The little things that can't be seen

We must take the time to look between

To look at things we might pass by

Like a bird's wings spread in the sky

Exploring nature and the beauty found here

Capturing it in pictures, it all becomes clear

Our busy lives has left us without a clue

Until we explore and see what we hardly knew

I try to take notice of the little things that most

people wouldn't even know was there. I recall

once standing outside while all these people sat

doing their own thing. A butterfly was flying around

them and they didn't even take notice. But what they

did notice was me looking at them. They wondered

what I was looking at. I asked them afterward, if

they had seen the butterfly. I think only one said

they saw it. The rest didn't even take notice. It made

me wonder, just how many people live their lives

without even noticing the little things.