Look Up!

Benjamin Lete

Benjamin Lete

Age 18+ category | Spring into Poetry Contest 2025 | San José Public Library

From these battered  
uneven roads  
constantly traversed. 
 
Stop staring. Stop searching.  
 
I have become too reliant  
on an imagination rotten with; 
second-rate novels, 
images soaked in salt, 
and memories  
desperately clawing back.  
 
Instead  
 
Look Up!  
Through the trees,  
and their leaves. 
 
Notice anew,  
things never seen.  
 
The purple hyacinths are dancing this Spring  
and the birds are cheering their song.    
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