Things I Didn't Know I Loved

It is 2011 February 16^th

I’m on my porch looking over the canyon

The sun is setting

I didn’t know I liked the breeze the setting sun brings

I don’t like

The early morning breeze though

I never knew I loved the light

Morning or night

I’d much rather sleep with my lamp on

Than in darkness

I never knew I loved the water

Just sitting in it enjoying the light cool feeling

Of slightly stirring water that calms me

Or the small clapping sound of waves on the shore

And the odd feeling that I am sitting

In something I drink

I didn’t know I loved climbing trees

The best part wasn’t climbing

It was looking at the view above everything else

And no one else knows where I am

Because I’m not busy

And no one cares what I’m doing

So I sit up there while everyone else in the world

Rushes forward oblivious

I never knew I loved fish

Until I went to my aunt’s house

And sat at the fish tank for hours

Watching the fish swim in odd circles

The sun sinks beyond view

And I am left with a small warmth on my skin

A reminder that I should come to see tomorrow’s sunset

And the sunset after that until

I’m too old to recall why I watch the sunset every night

Was it because it is beautiful? Or is it because

One day I decided to list the things I love

So I would never forget them

                               16 February 2011