Now Hear This!
Don't label me a dreamer
Though my eyes peer above the clouds,
My feet are buried in the ground.
Don't mistake this reverie
as the ravings of a raging fool-
Simultaneously,
I feel the earth shudder
and the nearness of the sun.
It's the middle I'm concerned about.
You reprimand for lofty dreams
and ridicule stability
But somewhere in between my head and feet
...lies my heart.
Don't label me emotional
though I laugh and weep with ease
and spread love eagerly
as tossing scented petals in a passing breeze.
I am reminded of a flower-
roots sunk low, gripping dark earth,
The bloom's beauty facing endless sky
...and in between, the stem and leaves
Without which-
the roots, pointless,
the petals, impossible.
No one begrudges a flower;
And how much more intricate am I?
Though my eyes peer above the clouds,
My feet are buried in the ground.
Don't mistake this reverie
as the ravings of a raging fool-
Simultaneously,
I feel the earth shudder
and the nearness of the sun.
It's the middle I'm concerned about.
You reprimand for lofty dreams
and ridicule stability
But somewhere in between my head and feet
...lies my heart.
Don't label me emotional
though I laugh and weep with ease
and spread love eagerly
as tossing scented petals in a passing breeze.
I am reminded of a flower-
roots sunk low, gripping dark earth,
The bloom's beauty facing endless sky
...and in between, the stem and leaves
Without which-
the roots, pointless,
the petals, impossible.
No one begrudges a flower;
And how much more intricate am I?
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