VISTAS

Buy a home with a view--
Oceans far to the horizon
Distant forests and mountains
Valleys green and lush,
With a wandering river:
Visible, Untouchable, Unattainable.

Buy a house with no view--
Create your own of yellow concrete
Glossy blue pots and green palms,
Wisteria blooming above
Elegant orchids below.
Close, Touchable, Attained.

Buy no house at all--
The world becomes your view
Oceans, forests and mountains,
Snowfields and golden beaches,
Moon and starry skies.
Free, Renewable, For all.

 

Dawn McDonald
© October 2002

Midi: "Adagio for Strings"

Drawing: "Vistas"
By: Dawn McDonald