awaken one more day

if the spirit of the universe allows mine eyes 

to open for another waking day, i shall try not 

to be overjoyed when i see the sunrise for then 

my sadness will be too great when it descends 

and walks away onto the horizon 

and when the moon and stars give light 

to the noir of night, i shall beckon my heart 

not to flutter too much in delight, for then 

i will not wish to close mine eyes and gather 

peaceful dreams of the world beyond 

 

but through this challenging sojourn, i shall 

not attempt to diminish or mitigate the love 

that resides within, for it is of this, that i truly 

am grateful to the spirit of this universe, so too 

the blessing of another starry night and the 

wonder of flora and fauna in the day's light 

 

 

 

 

~tree~

a tree is an extension, an appendage of Mother Earth,

it hovers upward to touch and connect with the clouds,

the sky, to absorb the rays of the sun and drink of the

droplets of rain coming from the seas and it listens to

the whispers of the wind, the secrets it beholds, thus

when i sit quietly and still at the base of a tree, i become

a receptacle to its wisdom that it imparts upon me and it

knows i am willing to become 'one' with

i learned of this when i was an eagle in my life before

and i used to soar o'er the finger tips of their limbs as

they lifted high and upward to give praise to the 'One'.

so now my spirit lifts looking skyward when i sit quiet

and still at the base of a tree...