Looking Through the Window

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Today I glanced through my window 
Silent and absentmindedly.
All looked dull and familiar
There, the verdurous crowns of many trees
Here, the multi-coloured roofs of many homes
And white idle clouds hanging lazily.
So it was yesterday and the day before
I have seen it all before.
But did I? I queried.
Blinking at the unsettling thought
For I have never really looked
At the sylvan glade outside my window
Though I see it every day.

Read: Village Boy Impressions - The Seasons at Home

So then, I stood to stare;
At the deep, verdant green of the trees
All lusty and still in the smokeless air.
And yet, and yet, some are in flower!
A thousand red and yellow blossoms
On three trees just outside my window,
Glittering in the early bright sunlight.
At this profound beauty, I gazed and gazed!
In awe of their contentment and flourish.
A warm glow stole over my heavy heart
And the weight of the coming day
Was made lighter and easier at the sight.



 Read: Village Boy Impressions - A walk in the Park


Location: Accra, Ghana

Comments

  1. Paulina9:38 am, May 16, 2018

    Very interesting! I will observe more carefully probably I get some interesting insights to the world around me and enjoy all that nature has to give.

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    1. John Akanvariyuei Agandin9:46 am, May 16, 2018

      That is a wise course to take my dear, there's so much beauty and inspiration in nature that is lost to us because we never pause to look!

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  2. Anonymous1:01 pm, May 16, 2018

    I'll call this "metaphysical aesthetics", an absolutely brilliant construction of the beautiful. And yet it is philosophical in depth - its exhorts us to critically re-examine our environment (of course including everything) before we take a position on it or make some value judgment etc.

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  3. Unknown5:26 pm, May 18, 2018

    This piece is prompting us not vegetate through life but be conscious of our surroundings (nature). Weldon John and keep it up.

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