we have lost our sense of beauty

we have lost our sense of beauty

of wonder in creation

taking the Creator out

of too many things

for too many, we do not see the beauty

seeing each of our days, our living,

in ordinary time, ordinary days

when there is no such thing

is we would have eyes to see them

wonderful moments in each day

moments to drink in

beauty all around us

to gather in our senses

if we will only listen

the smells of creation

if we feel the breeze

a harvest, a bounty

in these means of grace

we need to recapture the beauty

in everyday life

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edited November 24, 2014

we have lost our sense of beauty

November 24, 2014

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