The Beholder Folder

Beauty…lost…crushed
Deregulated
A tree stump…Amputated
Amorphous…and yet
There! Hardy…a tiny twig
Stretchhhhes…. for the sun
Beauty!
A Pelican…Befouled
Begrimed…and yet
There! Gallantly, as it…
Stretchhhhes….Oil tipped wings
Beauty!
A child…Abused
Abandoned…and yet
There!....Bravely, as it…
Stretchhhhes….Lilliputian fingers
Beauty!
A conflict…Brutal
Backstabbing…and yet
There!....Concession, as he
Stretchhhhes….A hand to the enemy
Beauty!
Beauty!
A spider…a smile
A good ol’ country mile
A hilltop…A rain cloud
An act that makes you feel proud
Beauty!
Beauty!
We must seek as we grow older
To remain adept beholders
And forever banish wretchedness
With eyes and hands and stretchhhhedness
In our ceaseless search…for
Beauty!