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’…
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’…
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
~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~