No Wonder

There is no thriving
during a time of collapse

but there is lots of joy.

You can find it
in the faces of babies,
the wagging tails of dogs on walks
and the flocks of crows
noisily massing for their nightly migrations.

It’s all about what you perceive,
and what you conceive,
and what you don’t.

This cannot be explained, or learned,
or unlearned, or known.

It is just ‘seen’.

Or it isn’t.

top image: my own photo; bottom image by Midjourney AI, my own prompt; thanks to Siya for the inspiration