Open Your Eyes Look Around You

As you open your eyes in the morning And struggle to rise to your feet Keep your eyes opened wide look around you Discover the beauty you greet As you look out and cherish the morning Notice all of the beauty around All the rays of the sun on your window And the patterns they throw on the ground As the noise of the birds fill your senses And the visions of them when in flight Catch your breath lest you miss just one moment And the day turns around into night As the hands of the clock slowly move round Notice the seconds go by Open your eyes look around you Live life and laugh till you cry The smile on your lips is so lovely The twinkle that shines in your eye When you laugh my heart melts in an instant Oh how slowly the moments go by As you sit and you rest in your armchair And a tear falls from out of your eye Open your eyes look around you At the beauty you still have to find As the afternoon sun fast approaches And the shadows now dance on the wall Draw your eyes to the view from the window And the sounds of the birds as they call There is beauty in everything living But we take it for granted each day Open your eyes look around you For tomorrow is not yet today Jane Shields 19th July 2016