Poem - True Understanding

True Understanding

I feel the wind whistling by

I watch grass shake as the wind blows it.

I hear the waves crashing on the shore

Cold breath invades my nostrils

The sun blinds my computer screen

The computer blocks my view of the beach

I put away my computer

and write with pencil and pad

my thumb hurts from writing

due to a injury long ago forgotten

so I put down my pencil

and pick up my head

and admire and enjoy

all the sights

and sounds

and smells

around me

I still notice

Life in all its abundance

I still live

I move my sunglasses on and off

To see with different perspectives

I see the sand on the bluff

with the vast blue ocean behind it.

As if climbing reaching upward

Trying to get to the water

And pool clearers cleaning

And leave blowers blowing

And I, writing exploring, wondering

Like the sand trying to reach the ocean

Not ever realizing it is on a bluff

But still I reach

Still I wonder

Knowing true understanding

Is beyond my reach

But I am closer

than if I didn’t try

And I have learned some things

And I have experienced some things

As I dream

And reach for

The ocean of understanding

Just over the bluff.