Inward

Looking outward is difficult
When life draws you inward.
It takes deliberate effort sometimes
To notice the angle of the sun
To hear birdsong or dog barks
To smell bacon frying or freshly exposed wet earth
To see the half-smiles and tilted brows of the curious
Or the see-right-through-you gaze of the self-absorbed
To note the phase of the moon or the direction of the breeze.