open window

I can hear everything

through this open window

I hear cars roaring by

I hear the wind blow

people passing

lights a-flashing

children hard at play

strangers talking 

people walking

through another day

I can see everything

through this open window

there are no secrets

nothing that I can't know

I see places to go

people I don't know

all kinds of surprises

I see the milky way

the light of day

as the sun rises

          everything stimulates my senses

          makes me live inside present tenses

I can do anything

through this open window

the day has its own music

I hear the violin bow

singing across strings

there's so much happening

I am at rest here

so much to do

but I'll make it through

I will do my best here

I can hear everything

through an open window