Contentment Poem by Jim Yerman

Nature is full of surprises…you never know what she will make:
on our favorite beach..a stone's throw from the ocean…she's created a lake.

And I wonder about the water in the lake…if it ever yearns or dreams or craves
to leave the safety of the lake…and join the ocean waves.

Ever wonders what it's like to be so wild and free
never knowing where it will end up as it travels across the sea.

And I wonder about the ocean waves…what kind of dreams they make…
Do they ever wish upon their return to join the waters of the lake?

To have a spot to call their home…a quiet place out of harms way
surrounded by the trees and sand…visited by the same birds every day.

But I imagine these are my thoughts…easy for me to make
not the thoughts of the waves upon the ocean or the water in the lake…

I imagine they are happy and this kind of thinking in them never arises…
I imagine this is one of nature's gift…another one of her surprises.

To all her creations:
the ones that remain in one spot or the ones that travel far
she has given the gift of contentment…
for whatever and wherever they are…

And we would be wise to learn this lesson…
and all envy in us…dispel
for as nature is trying to shows us…
It is in contentment where happiness dwells.