How often do we permit the comment, the glance, the attitude or the fear
to distract us from the real
the important
the beautiful.
Someone fights for freedom and dies
We argue about fashion.
A love is born and grows and fades
and we bicker about money.
The glorious wonder of an ancient city invites us in
and our mind turns away to some distant slight.
We meet the one
and we focus on the doubt
or some unworthy opinion
or some unimportant mind.
God grant me the serenity,
to walk along the river and be in awe
to look into his eyes and be in awe
to feel the beat of my own heart and be in awe
to look upon your world and know it is good.
No matter what they might say.
(c) Christopher Blake Carver 2017
Observations, essays, ramblings, thoughts and more from a slightly reformed New Yorker who has returned home to Ohio. A spiritual person having a human experience, writer, photographer, and public safety professional.
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