TIME OUT

Pause to live
let yourself be you
a quiet bench will do -
hear the music of the birds
smell the fragrance around you
feel the rays of the sun on your face
see the clouds gently wafting overhead
taste the tranquility that nature can bestow -
restore, even if only for the briefest time
the balance of your heart and mind
open the gate to your inner senses
flood it with the goodness inside
rid yourself of unkind thoughts
try to cleanse and purify
warm feeling will abide.

Herbert Holzbauer
© June 2004

Midi: "Unchained Melody"
(nightowl.org)

Graphic: "Scenery-Gleveagh"
(Islands of Donegal-Ireland)
(timeoutireland.com)