Life’s Looming Elements

Each surface and texture we know and see
comes in sizes that rise and spread,
they tower or expand endlessly
in elements of expression
that speak their facades so easily.

But it is the inner essence we sense
lying beneath the face
where we know its life
not by sight alone.

It is felt and experienced
like a touch that is so cold
bespeaking the lack of heat within.
And the rap by a hand,
which produces a sound
telling if the depth is thick or thin.

When we look up into the sky
to notice a plane shooting upwards
every second it grows smaller
lets us know that heaven is so truly high.

How we explore and stretch our view
by the gentle caresses of all we know,
discover what dwells inside
so it becomes complex and spectacular,
exploding our understanding with stunning insights.

Then in the heart it flows
through the sensory telegrams
until what was lifeless becomes so amazing,
yielding all the secrets it was hiding.

Strolling ever more in tune
with our surroundings that hold so many truths
buried below the sights we take for granted.

Carefully looking beyond that giant pine’s presence
as we gaze with inner eyes
into what dwells in its bark
or delve behind the stare of silent eyes
learning that so much substance exists
where we detect it by listening
unto broken or loving spirits.

All around us the throbbing tapestry teems
once we do more than stare
for it must be consumed and encountered,
appreciated and devoured
before it becomes apart of our own energy,
truly moving through us so we recognize
that unseen element so vividly and clear.