DID YOU EVER NOTICE?
Did you ever notice the sea
turns to gold some mornings
when looking towards the east
and that same sea turns to
silver on a full moon night
when all is clear and cold -
and the water is shivering?
Did you ever notice that
the little baby who won’t look
you in eye - who won’t give
poor little you - a hint of a smile,
that she lights up and reaches
out when her baby sitting
grandmother walks into the room?
Did you ever notice how much
you’re not noticing: the salt on pretzels,
shades of green, the gal adjusting
her car rear view mirror and then
putting on her lipstick at the red light,
the poor, the great unnoticed ones
tugging at the tassels of your coat?
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2016
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