luxury

Perceive

what we perceive
as poverty
might be riches,
perspective matters;

with open eyes
think on the luxury
in your life,
it is in
your everyday

the sun burns,
its brightness filling
the October skies,
it is unrelenting,
taking an awful toll

did always sap strength
with effortless ease,
did we not notice its power
in the days of our youth,
is this just fading memory

more likely
we are lying to ourselves,
denying the part we've played -
are still playing -
in the destruction of our world

so much easier this way
to ignore the increasing costs
of our lives
of careless luxury