POETRY

EVERYTHING WE DO

 We may not always realize that everything we do

Affects not only our lives but touches others too.

A single happy smile can always brighten up the day

For anyone who happens to be passing by your way.

And a little bit of thoughtfulness that shows someone you care

Creates a ray of sunshine for both of you to share.

Yes, every time you offer someone a helping hand,

Every time you show a friend you understand.

Every time you have a kind and gentle word to give,

You help someone to find beauty in this precious life we live.

For happiness brings happiness and loving ways bring love,

And giving is the treasure that contentment is made of.

To me, the meaning of this poem is that just the smallest sign of compassion, caring, or thoughtfulness could make someones life better or just brighten up their day. Chris would probably like this because he is always the one person who is happy and rubs it off on other people even if he doesn't know it. He's always bright and brightens up everyone's mood that's around him.

THE PEACE of WILD THINGS

 When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,

I go and lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things 

who do not tax their lives with forethought

of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. For a time

I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

The meaning of this poem is that nature by itself can ease any worries or grief that is brought on by the world and its troubles. Chris's whole purpose of escaping into the wild was to get away from the worries of everyday life. He felt that the wilderness would set him at ease and he would have a more peaceful life.