Before The Blue Tableau (of that which is no more)

"Rest is not idleness,

and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day,

 listening to the murmur of water,

or watching the clouds float across the sky,

is hardly a waste of time."

- John Lubbock

For some reason this summer

 it is taking serious discipline to press 'pause' for a bit!

As August arrived I panicked suddenly realizing I have hardly

stopped to soak in Sweet Idleness

if only for 15 minutes!

Rest is not idleness

Then pause the cause of Task

and linger where the sparkle of

summer

pours from a flask

through flower-bower-flues

where soon petal flares fall

and children that were half past two

have grown so very tall

 

Rest is not idleness

 Beneath the sprawling sky

earth showcases momentous

blips of 

seasons slipping by

through laughter and lament

Oh, may it never be

that we were always too care-bent

to rest beneath a tree

Rest is not idleness

Then, though toil's demands press

How sweet it is 

to sit a bit in

idle happiness

to feel the ebb and flow

of Here and Now before

it adheres to the blue tableau

of that which is no more

Janet Martin

Be still,

and know that I am God

Ps.46:10