dj o'kieff's poetry

abstract thoughts...in rhyme


one


too few are the times we feel so free

feeling the moment that we suddenly be

staying in that space alive in the awe

being real to the emotion so raw

 

suddenly before you all is so real

each tree is bursting out to reveal

all of its beauty, been there all along

now just connecting, knowing you belong

 

the breeze as it gently caresses your cheek

sends sensations that make your knees go weak

with the smell of the flowers alive in your nose

always around us but nobody knows

 

alive in the world but so dead to the now

how we live in this life we just do it somehow

living in our minds every second it seems

thinking of the past or living in our dreams

 

what lies before us we never really see

the grass, the animals, the insects the trees

we go on and pass by it all, as if it’s not there

living for our selves it’s like we don’t care

 

how to be conscious, aware of it all

living in the moment remaining so small

feeling the warmth of the glorious sun

intuitively knowing we are all one……