POETRY

The Open Window

What do you keep in? What do you keep out?

Photo By Author

A curtain hides
The world inside
Our study window.

I opened it
Almost by chance
In morning light.

I saw grass
New, rain splattered.

I smelt earth
Muddy, freshly turned.

I felt wind
Gentle, life-affirming.

I watched pigeons
Saunter, explore, soar.

Before my eyes
I saw morning
Descend, evolve, become.

When you shut windows,
What’s in stays in.
But what’s out, remains out.

This poem uses a picture-poetry format, where both the poem and the picture are created by the author. The picture is an extension and an integral part of the poem.

You can read more of my picture poems in my book Being, Becoming, Being.