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

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

Brown hawk with spotted tail, soaring on the wind, balancing like a sail. Your piercing cry

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.

When I sit And watch The in and out Of breath, Thoughts no longer

Time is going by fast, Trying not to live in the past, To keep priorities straight And not falter at the gate. To join the universal goal

What if, The simple things In life, were the Most important Events.

In the dead Of Winter, I long for Spring. In the rains Of Spring,

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

Pink hues from the west Filter through Snow covered boughs Leaving, The evening light

Oh hummingbird Where are you now? Have you taken My courage with you? Oh hummingbird

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

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

One lit candle burns brightly As I make a wish upon it’s Golden aura, that Humankind May learn to caress the earth As the wind does a field of flower…