Bare Feet Poem by Eric Paeplow

A light wind swept over me
and all of nature smiled in the sunshine
While the earth laughed in flowers
and showed her beauty in the autumn's sunset sky
I watched the swallow drinking on the wing,
as she sipped at the surface of the waters
And played over the pools and streams

Earth and sky, field and stream
and the mountain river, rushing to the sea
Can teach more than any sage, or written word,
since the very birth of eternity
For a single smell, or fleeting scent,
can conjure up a lost childhood summer,
Beside a lake, listening to distant thunder

So let the rain, kiss your upturned face,
listen with your heart, to its soothing serenade
Dance with the lightning, wind and rain,
let it take you to a long distant place
Return to nature and be soothed and healed
and have your senses refreshed and revealed
To be once again, spontaneous, wild and free

Forever remember each shimmering lake
and recall the sweet breath of the trees,
As it floats on the wings of a warm summers breeze,
Revel in the mornings shimmering sunrise
and the evenings saffron sunset's fading light,
watch the clouds as they float across the sky,
then cross the horizon and fade at last from sight

So instead of dreaming of some magical place,
over the horizon and just out of view
Enjoy the flowers and trees in bloom,
in full view, just outside your window  
Because the earth loves the feel of bare feet
and the wind longs to play with your hair
And your cares will fall away, in the fresh air