Extraordinary Vision Poem by Shirley Harrison

As the wild summer breeze took hold
and I sat beneath my favorite baobab
looking up, to see all
the magnificence of this
seemingly upside down tree

I suddenly saw my own mind
fluttering above my head
I could hear the birds
having a bath in the sweetness
of their own glorious voice's
splashing their musical notes
upon my thoughts

reaching up to catch
my very expensive tool of reflection
as it swayed from side to side
almost dancing to the sweet, sweet melody of those beautiful birds

it flew higher and higher into the sky
as if it knew, I was trying to grab it?

and then I watched it gently float away
like a lost air balloon
floating higher and higher
until it had vanished

away from the now
and into tomorrow...

into the new beautiful imagery
awaiting, my minds next
extraordinary vision.