The real world

Her beauty is all around us

It’s in the songs the birds sing to us in the early morning hours

In the blueness of the summer sky

In the fluttering of colorful butterflies

It’s in the soft buzzing of the bees as they kiss the flowers

It’s in the gentle flower pushing through the earth to unfurl herself before us

In the sounds of children playing in a park

It’s the way two lovers entwine their fingers as they walk slowly along a sandy beach

Beauty is everywhere

To see it

We just need to stop

Put down the cellphone

And live in

The real world