what mine eyes see

 

what mine eyes, heart and spirit have rendered from

the sunrise, at the beginnings of today, the cardinal

and robin awakens a joy within at play, is why i am

grateful for the universe’s smile, it is called ‘life’…

love's last dance

 i fear not death, but that the words i have spoken,

the songs i have sung, the poetry and prose i have

written will be no longer heard or be read, that my

smile will no longer be shared, mine eyes will no longer

witness the aesthetic of Nature’s canvas, my hands

and fingertips will no longer touch or feel

 

i fear not, that my body will no longer live life in

this mundane realm but i will regret that i will no

longer walk on riverbanks or through forests or at the 

base of a mountain’s scape, listen to the aviary songs,

smell the waft of daffodils, roses, daisies and sassafras,

juniper or lavender

 

i do fear, though, of when my heart will no longer

experience love and my spirit may no longer dance

for so many years

 

~for so many years, now, i have searched for love,

Love that is pure and innocent without conditions

and so I’ve traversed amidst a field of daisies looking

and wildflowers, rivers’ banks, beaches of ebb tides

 and osprey that caw at me, just say’n hello, and i

think i have finally been touched, i have been kissed

by the lips of love

 

she walks about me with that silent smile, she’s that

sunshine in the morning and that warm cheek that

presses against mine before she goes to sleep, and so

i close mine eyes with a sated heart and spirit, at ease

waiting with a shallow breath of sleep a joyful smile

on my face knowing that when i wake, she will be lying

next to me~