The Beauty Among Us

As a child it is easy not to

succumb to materialism

at least not in the sense of

cash money and golden coins

a child can find value in nature

a stick of the perfect shape is a new

adventurer's sword or canoe or rocket

childish imagination overcoming the

need for real items valued by others

As imagination fades we grow up into

a boredom that is only triumphed by

acquiring new things or at least that's

what commercials feed us we want

The Most Expensive white silk pajamas

we want the perfect shade of lipstick to

hide the frown underneath or the custom

red Corvette

But what we really need

is to see the beauty in nature again.