CLOUDS
Ephemeral.
Evolving.
Chameleon.
Changing.
Moving.
Massive.
Gray.
Gravid.
Wispy.
Wild.
Wet.
THERE USED TO BE
There used to be natural night
Stars
Stars forever
Without street lights
Parking lot lights
City lights
We are no longer connected to the
Natural night
Natural stars
If they are seen at all.
Losing connections
To the natural wonders
Spirits
Angels
Mystery
There used to be
Natural dark
Before artificial
Superficial
Light
Not the light of natural nature
A COMMON SUN, A COMMON MOON.
A common sun, a common moon
Illuminates us all.
Stars dance in circles above us all.
Common winds ruffle our hair and clothes.
Birds chirp and sing to our delight.
Cats and dogs curl to us in quiet love.
A common life
Envelopes us, surrounds us.
Nature is no stranger to all.
We are no strangers to her.
A common sun, a common moon.
Dappling light upon our home,
This earth, this world.
BEAUTY OF THE DAY.
Beauty of the day.
I cannot ignore the beauty of the day.
Yet ethnic cleansing pushes at me.
I cannot ignore the beauty of the day.
Yet refugee camps shout to me.
I cannot ignore the beauty of the day.
Yet people animals starve.
I cannot ignore the beauty of the day.
Yet guns, bombs, bullets destroy lives.
I cannot ignore the beauty of the day.
While governments world-wide are dinosaurs.
I cannot ignore the beauty of the day.
While maimed crippled abused forgotten
Animals
Children
Oceans
Helpless
Creatures
Flounder.
I cannot ignore the beauty of the day
While God’s creations
Are stepped on
Crushed
Left to their own.
I must ignore the beauty of the day.
For today is all we have.
ENVIRONMENT.
Environment — overused word.
Such that it is no longer heard.
Environment is all that’s left.
Without it we are all bereft.
Water, soil, air and plants.
All together we should dance.
Environment a lovely trance.
Enjoy before its end advance.
Environment has a precious skill
To keep all people from an ill.
To Environment let us fulfill
A promise to a future still.
WINTER.
In winter’s sun I stood beneath
Soft and pale glowing wreath.
Trees stood naked brittle stiff
Dry leaves rattle breeze and hiss.
Beautiful, lovely day it was
When God decides to give, He does.
Enjoy enjoy do not defeat
Wondrous moments come to greet.
Within that cold of winter’s day
My love came swift without delay.
AUTUMN.
An autumn sky clear and blue
Trees are full of orange hue.
Fall is falling autumn’s here
Nature beckons us revere.
If this be fall then fall I will
Autumn love not warm but chilled.
Colored leaves fall thick and deep
Many will I pick to keep.
Fall and autumn, autumn fall
In love with nature and her all.