Behold

Ah, but look what we have found now -

Every shade of green within the grass

The trees whisper secrets but won’t say how

Time decides to pass

Through all that burns and fades

In swiftly cascading decades 

Or in slowly eroding ticks 

And tocks that make no sound

Buried in the ground

Or in all we try to fix

Shall we guess what we’ll discover 

In the changing colors of the sky -

The stars winking like a distant lover

The breeze laughing but never saying why

Time began to flow

And life began to grow

Through all that’s false and true

And everything between

What we say but never mean 

In what we feel but never do

But look what we have done now -

Colors bursting brighter than before

Tides crash and hiss, break and vow

Life can mean so much more

Than the counting of days

Discovering all the ways

To shade the grass and sky

And view the rolling sea

Everything we ever wanted to be

Is here in the beholder’s eye