looking out the window i watch a woman throw a ball

her dog waits patiently until she tells him to go

and i investigate the field below in all it’s majesty

and realize when i’m not thinking, then i actually see

i notice many things that i didn’t notice before and as i further investigate

i see more and more and more

imagine what a revelation when i think of all the time before

i only saw the most obvious things because my mind was directing the show

i turn it off and scan the tree that is only a few feet away, a robin sits upon her nest and i hear her hatchlings

the gratitude of my experience has soothed the painful truth i might have learned so much more it i hadn’t been looking with my mind

but better late than never and perhaps it may inspire thee, that if you are thinking, there is no way you can really see