‘Treasure Trove’: A Poem by Paul A. Freeman

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Treasure Trove

There’s treasure in the words we say,
The words we read, the words we write;
There’s treasure in each dawning day,
In sunlit glow and dark of night.

There’s treasure in a landscape view,
In rivers, trees and mountain peaks;
There’s treasure in a sunset’s hue,
In listening when our planet speaks.

There’s treasure in all things alive,
In flying fish and jumping hares;
There’s treasure in a buzzing hive,
In winter’s hibernating bears.

Do not be fooled by precious stones,
Or wads of freshly printed cash,
For Mother Nature shapes and hones
Our world for free on Life’s wild dash.

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Paul A. Freeman is the author of Rumours of Ophir, a crime novel which was taught in Zimbabwean high schools and has been translated into German. In addition to having two novels, a children’s book and an 18,000-word narrative poem (Robin Hood and Friar Tuck: Zombie Killers!) commercially published, Paul is the author of hundreds of published short stories, poems and articles.