What inspires me... Hummingbirds buzzing as they land, on nearby flowers. Their amazing wings

The white snow, thin Like sand, over The fields, blowing Across the road. My car rambles

Today, I wish the pain to go, the fatigue that I fight so. This process of aging is unkind and yet, the law of nature is a fast lane of change.

Mr. R. would talk about his deceased brother, he dreamed about him frequently; also of an eagle

Her smile was like gold, Her lines were often bold, Her stories of wisdom told, In books that are now sold. She has left the earth,

It’s a billion stars moving and co… While we sleep. It’s one miracle after another and… We do not take the leap. It’s the great heave of nature

Remember the night we took your mother’s car and drove over the skyway bridge? The moon was a bright light to show the way.

It is what it is Despite my wishes for it, Otherwise. You are who you are Despite my expectations,

Squirrels with bushy orange tails leap about the deck. Crickets hum, confused that it’s not dark yet. The caw of a blue jay

Life is not fair at times... But of course things Change quickly down the line, We are born into a No guarantee world.

Cold spring rain chills my body And yet, the birds fly in unison As if, it is a sunny day. The white tail deer Bounce through the ravine

Time passing by now In a blink of the eye, In the clap of a hand, In the chirp of a bird, In a flash of light

Half a world away, I walk a narrow, stone path. In the rice fields, the Balinese people

Orange full moon with a half smile, a hanging lantern, lighting the way, through dark streets,

As I enter my sixty-third year, Fall leaves grace the path I love, With hues of red, Gold and orange.