TREES

  WITH ROOTS THAT CLAW BENEATH THE GROUND TO STURDY TRUNKS SO BIG AND ROUND AND BOUGHS THAT SPREAD TOWARDS THE SKY TO WAVE AT BIRDS AS THEY PASS BY PLUS LEAVES THAT SING TO EVERY BREEZE YOUR BLOSSOM SCENT IN WAFTS DECEIVE FROM SHADOWS CAST THE WHOLE DAY LONG TO...

Growing Up

  The past is the past with no chance to return No matter how hard your heart it may yearn So take what you had as a gift without strings For who can say what tomorrow may bring When the tears of today have all dried Think not of your loss but only your gain For...

Tidal

  Every wave that beats the shore Is not the same as the one before For each contains a different drop That joins with others like time non stop To write upon the sand And every grain of tiny sand Erodes away as if by hand Then with the wave its efforts spent...

MOMENTS TO BE TENDER

  I’LL REST AWHILE IN MOMENTS OF TENDER LOVING CARE AS ALL AROUND MY BEING PLAY JOYS BEYOND COMPARE LIKE FLOWERS WHEN THEY ARE BLOOMING WAVING TO THE LIGHT OR STARS UPON THE HEAVENS SHINING OH SO BRIGHT THESE QUIET THOUGHTS OF NATURE IN ENDLESS SEARCH REMAIN...

BEAUTY

  They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder But what if each day in every situation You actively looked for beauty No matter how invisible it might first appear For there is beauty in all things Even when we are in conflict with ourselves or others...