Captivated Me

What sweet joy in familiar roads
That lead to paths unknown;
In gathering with kindred friends 
To share how we have grown;
In marveling at diamond waves
Off water’s surface shone;
In breathing in day’s end, 
Sun stately on its clouded throne.

What great delight awaits
When shadowed forest fills with light.
What intrigue is discovered
Under clear and starry night.
Felicity in symphony of
Birds, wings taking flight.
And breathlessness beholding
Autumn’s start and summer’s plight.

What hope ignites when warmth of day
Steeps deeply into heart.
When wildflowers bloom from rain
In wondrous work of art.
What promise reigns in sunrise
Heralding a brand new morn;
When daybreak’s laughing colors
Trounce the fog, 
The skies adorned. 

What humble lessons flow
In dancing with the season’s change.
Like ocean’s tide or river’s bend,
Our hearts do rearrange.
The treasure of the present
Ridding soul of fear or sorrow.
The magic of today
Eclipsing yesterday and morrow.

– TCH