Never lose that sense of beauty, Dwight
never sacrifice the joy you raptly feel
at the sight of nature's ways of life.
Never lose your endemic sense of zeal
for a silhouetted tree across a sun
or a purple cloud streaked against the sky
and never lose the feel of being one
with a flock of blackbirds while they fly
flung together as co-natural friends.
Never leave sheer nature for a man-made place
just think about your loss on nights you spend
without a breeze cold against your face
or without a moon in a misty light
without any natural thing, beautiful or not.
Never lose that sense of beauty, Dwight
Without love—it's all you've got.