June is going by so fast. We spent 2 weeks away from home as wars, school shootings and inflation flashed across the media. Thankfully being in Nature always refreshes me and gives one hope.
ANOTHER DAY
Sun rises behind trees
Pale orange sky gives way to baby blue
Time to get to work
Empty the dishwasher
Jump on the bike to Publix
Relieve her milk anxiety
Before she wakes up
so another day can start
with a cuppa before yoga
FATHERS’ DAY - BIRTHDAY
Everything changed
when I held her tiny body
against my beating heart.
The princess had arrived!
And the servant in me
was awakened!
Burrowing Owls and Ospreys
Have raised their chicks
and they have flown the nest.
Still this is the season of new births
black skimmers and least terns Chicks
hatch along protected beaches
Striped alligator babes
hang out along the waterways
Sea turtles are digging nests
baby rabbits run around
nibbling everything green.
So many new and unseen births
Insects, reptiles and other animals.
So many new fathers and mothers
now serving their animal children.
Catching and delivering fish food
digging up worms and crabs.
Lets celebrate all parents day
for all the creatures around us
and all parents across the earth.
Lets pray for protection
for all the children everywhere.
FLORIDA SUMMER DAWN
Sun breaks through dark storm clouds
Forewarning of the thunderstorm to come
Water droplets sparkle on leafs and buds
of the common Clusia bushes.
Shades of greens, reds and pinks
small delicate flowers
bunches of grape like fruit
insects buzzing busily around.
Still no spiders webs in sight
instead I watch a delicate dragonfly
transparent wings and six legs
silhouetted by the bright sun.
what are these insects searching for?
what are they seeing, feeling and hearing?
I feel the gentle breeze, hear nothing
The sound of silence removes thoughts.
I am with a rabbit on the path
we both stand motionless
staring at the clusia bush
waiting for nothing.
Being together on a Florida morning.
SHENANDOAH MEADOW
Standing still
among flowering raspberry bushes
in the presence of a silent world
colorful Butterflies
busy bees
hairy moths
Armored beetles
scurrying ants
A world alive
invisible until I am still
waiting and watching
for those movements
fluttering wings
shaking leaves
drifting shadows.
The timelessness
Of natures present moment
Peace quietness and silence
Leave contentment and completeness
Nothing more is needed
here on earth.
ANOTHER NIGHT TOGETHER
There’s no sheet on my feet
What the heck.
Its pulled over her neck
I’ll lie the other way now
to avoid a row
now its cold and dark
I’ll become a question mark.
We sleep comfortably together
with sheep skins and feathers.
I won’t sleep in another bed
not until one of us is . . . gone forever.
©MartinStrasmore2022