Red cardinal dancing On white snow, How regal you appear With your cloak of red, How it cheers my heart

Not sure where we are headed, Could be a long ride, Keep your heart steady, Open wide your eyes. There is something to learn

Grateful for: Sunrise of pink and gold Showing the way, Lighting the sky, To another blessed day.

Autumn wind Brings scattered leaves, Splattered, With red and gold. Autumn wind

As we shared stories, The warm hum of voices heard, A cup of love spilled.

To open and risk hurt... Or stay closed but Never really live. Pain can reveal... A connection to

On this New Year’s Eve Direction lost Drifting like blowing snow To and fro. A freeze comes

Lately, a sadness pervades, I mourn for youth, perhaps passion of younger days. With age, some of that passion

Oh billionaires! How you have lost your soul, lost the goal and kneel down

The hummingbirds are buzzing As well as the bees. The Orioles land gingerly On top of the feeder. Cautiously they move down

The red cardinal high in a tree, caught my attention with his melodious chirp on my daily walk.

Some days you’re in bliss, Some days you’re in pain. Some days you’re up in the clouds, Some days you’re down in the flame… Some days you get what you want

Come with me To the mountain top, Where the crest touches The sky And the air so pure,

Beneath the bustling, hustling mind, deep inside, there is an oasis of calm.