I have looked at sunsets as long as they lasted <br />the reds and the golds and the pinks of them <br />the play of light on the edges of clouds <br />the changing shadows over the land. <br />I have watched the sea steadily rolling in wave after wave <br />breaking against the rocks with the energy of distant storms <br />or gently lapping at softer shores. <br />I have gazed up at the brilliance <br />of a black night of stars million upon million <br />no moon to dim their richness. <br />I have seen the hidden blues and greens <br />in a slow river of ice. <br />I have known forests and mountains. <br /> <br />I have known you also and you no less <br />are part of the universe. I can admire <br />the changing sky in the colour of your eyes <br />the moving sea in the curve of your neck <br />the wonder of an opening rosebud <br />in the crook of your elbow.<br /><br />Paul Hansford<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-have-looked-at/
