Attention

New Year's resolution #1:
Pay Attention.

To the birds, their songs.
The sparrow and the blackbird
sound very different, you realise.
you see sparrows in their hair.
blackbirds in their eyeliner.
To the flowers, their petals.
The daisy and the sunflower are siblings.
You picked the first daisy of spring and gave it to them.
they wore in in their hair, it matched their skin well.
there's sunflowers in their laugh.

To the fields, their vastness.
The sheep and the cows share a field
a pheasant dashes across the road.
You walked to their house in the rain
they show you the lambs in their back garden.

To anyone else, their love.
The constant reminders of them
drive you mad. Why are they everywhere?
you can love someone who loves you back
perhaps you've paid too much attention.