Finding Peace

When our world seems so chaotic…filled with man’s inhumanity to man We search for peace and happiness…anywhere we can On my walk this morning as I was wondering what fortunes today would bring somewhere in the darkness a bird began to sing I wasn’t in a hurry so I stopped to listen for a while and when I looked up at the crescent moon…I swear I saw her smile. As I walked a little farther another bird sang out to me This one was accompanied by a cricket harmony. Still farther on my walk what was I to meet but a moth, I think a promethean, standing in the street. If I told you I was a lepidopterist certainly I’d be lying But it looked to my non-scientific eyes like this little moth was dying. “This is no place for you to be little moth.” I said, “No place for you to linger.” So I put my hand down and this little moth climbed upon my finger. I gently set her on a flower where she had a clear view of the sky “This is a beautiful place to live I whispered…and not a bad place to die”. As I continued on I talked to a rabbit…I saw three squirrel acrobats? And even though I said hello….I was ignored by two tom cats. The cats just stared as I walked by…their feelings they never telegraphed and when I looked up at the crescent moon again…this time…I swear she laughed. Who knew in a world that seems so chaotic…. all I need to is to step out my front door And… Listen to the birds Say goodbye to a moth watch some animals be ignored by two cats and laughed at by the moon to find the peace I was looking for.