Seeing the world in a different way

There are many ways to look at the world

You can just open your eyes and look

but you may not see

because life goes by in a whirl

Some want only to see what the naked eye cannot see

So they train their eyes like magnifying glass

and miss much of the forest

because they were examining too many trees

Some want to see beyond what ordinary folks behold

So they climb hills and mountains

to get a bird's eye view of what is there

but things may not the same on the ground below

I want to see the world through colours

So I train my mind's eye to see hues and tones

to view the world in out-of-ordinary ways

and what a difference that has made to my soul.