The warm air on a bright summer morning

Heats my soul and kisses my skin

Each breath of fresh, balmy air

Makes me inhale deeper, craving more

Our glorious Earth, filled with mountains and valleys

Summon our strongest selves, still plagued by

Troubles with demons from the past

But eaten alive by thoughts of the future

Each wave relentlessly floods in, knocking down all hope

All you can do is try to stay afloat

Until it is too late, and the best moments slip between our fingers

The way raindrops disappear after a violent storm

It seems as I can never get away

From the chains that remain

Underneath my unwavering strength and courage

Linger the foundations of my brain that are malnourished

This obsession with recording every moment

Hoping your picture gets enough likes, so you keep checking

Incredible pressure from a society that expects you to be perfecting

No one has ever said it's worth it

Giant mountains cut through clouds and shout

Stop time, but let the world keep moving

And all I want is for time to pause

Round goes the earth, not waiting for applause

Embrace change like a knife embraces flesh

Right now, you have so much time left

I do not fear death

God loves me past my last breath

Hills, mountains, oceans, countries, all waiting to be explored by you

There are people to meet and lives to save

It seems like an arms race, we have

No time to waste in a shallow place

Fall in love with life's simplicities

Reach your head out past the window and for the stars

Open your eyes to what is right in front of you

Now, the only time is now

Thank you for doing all things major

O dear Mother Nature

For your vast nomenclature

You are to thank for our beautiful nature

Our lives will remain stagnant and we will grow tiresome of searching

Until we realize that the most beautiful things are right in front of us

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Because just like that

Beautiful things pass us

It is time to go back and reread

The first letter of each line

To see just how easily the good

Slipped between the cracks the first time