SITTING UNDER A TREE

Sitting under a tree
It's an easy life
The leaves rattling overhead;
The swallows streaking through the sky.

It was
a time of imagination;
a time of thought;
a time of savor;
a time to look forward
to all that would be my future.

The old pits are full of water
and the wildlife is abundant.
The quiet is interrupted only by
the birds and the leaves.

Many think to be alone is to be lazy.
To sit under a tree and watch the birds
is to be unproductive.
You must labor with the hands.
Work is not accomplished otherwise.

Action without thought is foolish.
The result of spontaneity may be chaos.

©June 20, 1993O Steve Lunsford