What Do You See?

…from the archives

It is a remarkable world in which we live. Life and death in stark contrast, we live for the future, we learn from the past.

I close my eyes, these things I see

Mighty sprawling limbs of the Sitka tree

The amber-rose hue of a setting sun

Surging waters’ battle of a salmon run

Sculptured landscape beneath a moonlit night

Majestic snow-peaked mountains, a pristine sight

A mountain goat grazes on sheer terrain

A bird in flight founders in torrential rain

In a distant land lies an urban place

Noise, crime and pollution meet the human race

A despondent sole takes another’s life away

While very close by children laugh and play

Sirens, fighting and aimless strife

The struggle to survive a way of life

Natural disasters run their course

Flooding, fires, winds of hurricane force

In a hospital room a child is born

While a floor above, death is mourned

Still we cherish wonders of this land

Despite those things we don’t understand

 

Nations explore space, the final frontier

Human evolution throughout the years

What a complex world for you and me

Now close your eyes, tell me what you see

Copyright 2004 Don MacIver