Saturday, October 31, 2015

Just a Few Steps Off the Usual Path


We ran a weekend errand today
on the campus
where I teach a class
three days a week.


Three days every week
I dash from my car
to my classroom
and back again.


Today
we took time to wander,
only a few feet from the parking lot,
down a winding trail.


I realize not every workplace
has a handy Botanical Garden
a stone's throw away.


But a lot of places
have things worth seeing
if we just take the time and effort.


Who knows the beauty
that surrounds us,
unnoticed,
day after day?


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