(2015)
Multi-tasking is overrated!
Inspiration is in the falling of rain, the soft coo of birds in late afternoon, the sinking of the
Oh hummingbird Where are you now? Have you taken My courage with you? Oh hummingbird
Red, yellow and orange leaves Fall quickly now And create a tapestry of color That fill my mind With joy.
Driving through the small towns of America, children of all colors playing in the streets, some with tattered clothes
Brown hawk with spotted tail, soaring on the wind, balancing like a sail. Your piercing cry
Looking at my journal’s Blank page While geese fly by and honk A greeting. The red cardinals
The white snow, thin Like sand, over The fields, blowing Across the road. My car rambles
Memories of my childhood Visit more and more Each day, As ghosts of past relatives Cast their shadows,
On a walk, many Brown-Eye Susan line the border, before the woods. Rain clouds move closer as if to give a hug, while
Blue star behind tree branch. White cloud passing half moon. Black space surrounds like a
An owl hoots on this cool, crisp Spring night. A sound that’s distant yet echos
What is truth? It’s a changing sky, One day clear, The next, cloudy, Holding the blue and grey,
White heron skidding the blue, grey water, of the bay. How free and easy you make it look,
Pretend there is no tomorrow becau… there might not be. Live like there is only this momen… that is the truth. Nothing is solid but whispery,
If we could embrace our sorrow and surf on our tears, surely our hearts would grow wider to hold the years