do be do be do

How hard is it just to be
After a lifetime of doing
How hard is it just to sit
With hands and brain idle

How can we be in this moment
With itchy feet urging us on
How to capture the sunlight
On its fleeting glance across our lives

What reward is there to sit
As if a cat dozes on your lap
Or a baby close to dreams
Asking only for your peace

To see the morning mist
The glisten of frosty leaf
A blade of grass
Sprinkled with dew

We live as if our deeds
Are the only way to immortality
So that our hearts feel lost
In a tossing sea

What if we take a breath
And see the beauty around
Listen with the heart
And let the mind drift free

Will that fill our lives
Quiet the unstill mind
Mark our place in time
Or just let be


Simon