What Is Beauty? Poem by Jay P Narain

What is beauty?
The mountain peak with a glacier in its cradle?
The misty lake with blossoming water lilies at the foothiis?
Or a beautiful smile and greeting from a stranger up the hiking trail?

The mountains can't see its abundant beauty,
The towering trees it shelters thru thick and thin can't see their majesty,
The elk, moose, deer and bears roam around without glancing their grace and beauty,
The little squirrels which grrets the trekkers does not know its naivIty

The beauty is what soothes are thoughts and mind,
The visionay beauty only lasts for a while,
The beauty of the falling waterfall is in the touch of mist splashing on my face,
The beauty is in the compassion of some hikers helping the old and tired on their way up.

What would I remember from this mountain trip?
The mountain, lakes and falls are frozen in the time scale of eternity,
The people, trees, deer, elk and bears come and go in the evolutionary cycle,
The beauty of nature and the beauty of compassionate heart will last forever.