Poem ~ The Surprise

Don't focus on what we say

Words can be misleading

Don't focus on what we do, the seeming 

Nothing-there of it all

There is a hidden treasure within

There is!

Look more closely, 

But above all, 

Listen.

You'll have to get quiet

You might have to get lost for awhile

Do not listen to the others

Do not listen to yourself

The answer isn't anything you already know,

So your own thoughts will get in the way.

Look for a surprise

Look for the unexpected things that makes you

Smile

Look for the thing that you disliked at first,

So certain it wasn't for you

But it actually is.

Open up, just a little

Make room, allow for a crack

In the smile that 

Just happens

There will be a stealth takeover

A little seed of joy that went 

Unnoticed

But can grow into something mighty 

If you let it

There is relaxation in the 

Surrender

The joy in a full glass of wine

The best thing is that you never once

Thought of it, or sought it out.

That's how you know

God sent it.