Did You Ever

‘Did You Ever’ 

Did you ever lie in the grass at night 

And count the stars, peeking through the blanket of the sky? 

Did you trace constellations with your fingertips 

And marvel at how close they seemed? 

Did you ever think about the butterfly’s dance 

Or her delicate wings? 

Or about the little worlds that make their homes in trees? 

Did you ever think about the Wind and its ways? 

Or about the seasons that come and go 

So slowly. And so quickly. 

Did you ever think about the many rooms 

That hide in verses? 

And the many doors we find in words? 

Did you ever think about the beauty 

In the rays of Hope that shine on a weary heart? 

Or about Healing and its mysterious ways? 

Did you ever look in the mirror 

And see the person you truly are? 

No less beautiful, no less magical 

Than the stars that light up the night sky

And the blissful butterflies 

And the worlds in the trees 

And the Wind 

And the poems you hold dear. 

Did you ever think about 

The beauty in being human?