Nature is a Gallery

A fallen guava leaf,

but my gaze fell on it,

and I was mesmerized.

Glossy, oblong, and

a colorful pigment splash!

I kept on admiring it,

a simple, senescent leaf,

but so attractive.

A blue iris flower,

past its prime,

shriveled and dehydrated,

battered by heat and wind,

yet still pretty.

I made the artwork below

with an old leaf of

Lily of the Nile.

Some imaginations

gave it creative resurrection.

I am blessed with mindfulness,

and a proud philocalist,

where nothing is trivial,

or to be taken for granted,

but everything is extraordinary

to me, nature is a gallery.