JOY ( a poem for one and all)

JOY ( a poem for one and all)

JOY ( a poem for one and all)
With your knees folded
When you sit below a beautiful tree
And a river nearby
And where there are pastures quiet
Near a beautiful scene, of which you are a part
When you think almost nothing
Or a few things like old memories
Of lost love
Where you gained more than you lost
When you look at the skies unfolding compassion
And the beauty this world offers
When you imagine how it would be if I were a child
Innocent and forgiving and loving
When you just sit and savor with
The winds singing in tune with your face
And you laugh and you cry with yourself,
And feel one with the world
While think and don’t think together
When you think like that
You think of nothing
But joy…