A Natural Wonder

I went on a date with nature

A weekend in the middle of nowhere

A tonne of green, a tinge of brown

My mind losing any reason to frown 

I heard an orchestra of crickets

Sounds of birds rarely found

The pitter-patter of raindrops

The unending songs had many messages

Observe and Appreciate!

There's beauty in the small things

Like an act of kindness

Listen and Connect!

There's so much that goes unnoticed

Like the voices of those oppressed and sometimes, the ones we love

Pause and Think!

There's life in your moments worth acknowledging

Like a child in a sandbox

Why did I love these dates? 

My nana took me on my first few ones

For him, it was about food and family

For me, it was sheer curiosity

What made the elephant trumpet so loud?

How did we have a roof full of orange flowers?

Why did the waterfall make a thunderous sound? 

Questions which eventually helped me understand:

Why education is beyond schools

Why living things have a purpose 

And finally, why nature made me feel the way it did

Being with nature, taught me my nature of being.

PS: This poem was inspired by Sakleshpur's bountiful sights!