BEAUTY OF THE GREEN
There is a beauty in the green... a total contrast to the
ugliness of man
The melding of numerous shades of green interlaced with
patches of brilliant color
Rays of sunshine reflecting from small balls of moisture
creating little rainbows for the fortunate to see
Cobwebs that sparkle in the sunlight that filters through
the trees from which the Tarzan vines of youth grow
Colorful butterflies that filter through the air and then
disappear into the verdant piercing green
Little beautiful flowers in seemingly dark places and
around the trunks of mammoth trees
When in the green even snakes have beautiful colors and
streams flow by a beautiful soft fluid blue with
reflections of filtered sunlight and beautiful greens
Fantastic early morning views on a mountaintop when
white fog surrounds the mountains and only the tops show
Stars viewed from the same mountaintop at night are
absolutely fabulous with endless fascination and it
seems you can reach out and catch a streaking comet
as it flies by
In the night brightened by brilliant star light, in the
valley below where no man and no lights should be,
stunning little lights move around in the valley,
seeming to be moving towards my darkened mountain while
around my hammock fireflies mimic the beautiful lights
in the valley below
Daytime views from the same mountain are breath taking;
you can see for miles yet all the mountains, all the
beautiful green looks the same
But, with daylight can also comes total ugliness, the
dark gray smoke of an exploding mortar round or
grenade that was meant to kill
The green is so beautiful and friendly yet man turns
it into a place of terrible death and utter ugliness
Man, made in the semblance of God? I don't think so