Revel Sun

Ah morning glory revel in all things wild

In awe and bask in the midst of the galaxy's child

The light that spills to these shoulders warms my throat

And the diving butterflies leap at the air and float.

Clicks and caws from birds in the fir tips bright

Their feather sweet bodies curtsy and flit in flight

The tiny ballet of the hummingbirds grace to a sip

At the nectar put out in the hopes of privileged glimpse.

And below my place on my stilted high balcony

The waters rush forth over boulders and logs and trees,

And buzzing insects seem to delight in mid-air

Like snowflakes in sunshine to gleam in the moment we share.

And ladybugs swarm like cities on old oak stumps,

Tales of a bear bounding down-creek, his lumbering thump,

Tiny tunes hummed by the coo and the trickle of stream

As I run down the path in the breeze of a true half-dream.

Come upon driftwood, manzanita, the scenery shifts

The forest earth has turned dry and the sun blazes stiff,

I caution and listen for still air to rattle and slide,

But the snakes have all hidden in afternoon shade to abide.

How lucky am I on the face of this blue green place

To breathe of this garden in rhythm with the wild drum of grace

To sing out in forces that cannot keep still in my heart,

To love this golden land with an awe its mystical art.