Oblivious

Experienced while out walking this morning.

Oblivious.

I heard the steps behind me

could sense them getting closer 

and then in passing he said,

''nice day isn't it'' 

Glorious I replied, nice weather too.

He paused or was it slowed 

and gave half a turn then said, 

‘‘It’s going to be nice all week''!

To which I replied, ''the week 

is always nice''. 

Hesitating somewhat his parting shot,

'' It’s a really nice walk this, nice and quiet!''.

I couldn't reply as my smile was far too wide for words.

Quite? 

Couldn't he hear the symphony?

Being played by the wind through the trees?

Hadn't he heard the birds in competition?

To see who could sing the most and the loudest?

What about the sudden crack made by pigeon’s wings?

I thought all this and more as he rounded 

a bend half a mile down the road....

.....oblivious. 

Reviews

[Beccy]

What Jacob says is so very true; I can only add that the sounds of nature in all their glory enhance tenfold the beauty of one's surroundings.


Beccy.

[Huw]

''That seeing they may see and not perceive and hearing they may hear and not comprehend''.

A dreaded and damnable curse indeed.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

some recognize and absorb the beauty, others pretend to, but really don't stop to see it....

[Huw]

It's a pretence that is necessary for many people. As a boy I pretended to like football because I wanted to fit in. What I really loved was the solitude of fly fishing for trout.