Do you hear?
Do you feel?
Earth is breathing
Wind blowing
Yet make no sound
It’s the trees that talk
And the grass whispers
And the leaves
They scuttle
Across naked fields

This place,
This time,
All is at peace,
No motor hums,
No engine roars,
No people chatter,
No crowds devour
It’s not silence,
Not stillness,
But life, living

Colours arrest the eyes
And dazzle in rainbow hues
Reds and golds and yellows
Yet the sky hides it’s blue
Misted hilltops rolling by
Shrouded by low soft cloud
Glistening every blade of grass
Like a living, moving shroud

Be still a moment and take it in
This rare and natural beauty
It beats my heart and holds my hand
As I hold this view to me
When all life strives, to get me down
This place remembers still
It soothes my soul and slows the beats
And strengthens my waning will

No mountain peaks or lakes abound,
No stunning views or singing sound,
Are needed to show its worth,
I have seen every day,
Yet gone unnoticed,
Small deaths and births
Now finally I realise,
This is heaven on earth