Peace

I seek the peaceable things    
Love and friendship  
And the quiet places  
Where only nature speaks    
The wonder of stars and moonlight's glow    
Early morning mists rising above the river    
And lowlands soft covered     
By threadbare wisps of white    
Dew silvered lawns and fields    
Now covered in winters frosty sheen    
That pregnant breath between night and day    
When stillness lies    
The sun warm and up on high    
Glimpsed between the trees    
Still waiting for their leaves    
A good book or the good book    
Someone to share a good laugh    
Or just the chance to share    
A good word or crust of bread with anyone    
Just the chance to be    
The best that I can be    
Especially on the bad days    
The days when all goes wrong    
To show my quality    
Rather than burden be    
To hold my tongue or turn my cheek    
Or hold loved ones in a warm embrace    
I seek for peaceable things