MORNINGS

The early morning gives its first clue:

There’s sun in my window,

Voices in the air.

Stress of day has not yet hit.

To return to dreams or

wake for the world?

SUPPLIES

A jacket, some shoes;

Maybe a warm hat or two.

A backpack with snacks,

Light 'n a water bottle.

Sunscreen and sunglasses;

A camera if you’d like.

Sleeping bag perhaps

Or just a blanket will do.

Life is your journey

Bring what you require.

BLUE SKIES

Camera in hand, I roam the earth,

a lake edge here, a hillside there.

Click! Goes the shutter

Once, and then twice,

now I check the film:

The flower’s in focus;

The squirrel is not.

He scurries away

Before the next shot.

The bud is blue, small,

And next to the road.

In a patch of blossoms

it reaches high for the sun.

caring not for others

nor how long it lives.

this moment is all it needs.

I return to my wanders,

Lesson in hand

RESTING

Friends have gathered

and bellies are full,

laughter climbs to the roof

and the air breezes through.

Life is all well,

With people you love.