Another Ode to Joy
There is already an ode to joy
But there can never be too many.
No attempt to capture the slant
Of the sun’s rays over a bay;
A sunset viewed from a mountain top;
Or touch of the hand in love
Can ever be of lesser value.
Each is a connection
To the joy of life –
No less, no more.
Though some may be greater
In their eloquence,
The essence
Of their endeavour
Is the same.
They all salute and recognise
That same majesty
That abounds in all things
And emanates
From that self-same joy.
So this is yet another ode to that same joy.
We open our eyes into a wonder.
This universe is pure joy.
I will wonder at it once more.
Opher 1.6.2019
I often stand back in wonder at the sight of some wondrous sight in nature. We can never have too much. Nature is a mystical joy.