SPRITE

HE COMES FROM OUT OF NOWHERE

TO DANCE UPON A BUSH

HE BOUNCES THROUGH THE FOILAGE

AS IF HE’S IN A RUSH

HE’S CHECKING ALL THE COLOURS

TO KEEP THEM CRISP AND NEW

IT’S RARE THAT YOU WILL SEE HIM

WHEN HE COMES INTO VIEW

FOR HIS BODY SINGS SO QUICKLY

IT BLURS AMONG-ST THE LEAVES

AS HE LISTENS TO THE WHISPERS

THAT ROAM AROUND THE TREES

THE SONG THAT WE CALL NATURE

HE HUMS FROM MORN TIL NIGHT

AS HE GATHERS HER VIBRATIONS

TO MAKE THEM SOUND JUST RIGHT

HE PAINTS THE EARTH WITH DEWDROPS

TO KEEP HER NICE AND CLEAN

WHILE ENCOURAGING THE FLOWERS

WITH PETALS SO PRISTINE

HE HERALDS ALL THAT’S LOVELY

WITHIN THIS GARDEN SPACE

I JUST WISH HE’D STOP A MOMENT

SO I COULD SEE HIS FACE

PTT MARCH2010

THOUGHT TO PONDER – AM I NOT DESTROYING MY ENEMIES WHEN I MAKE FRIENDS OF THEM ? – ABRAHAM LINCOLN

ST GERMAINE

HE GIVES NO THOUGHT

TO THINGS LIKE TIME

OR ANYTHING THAT THE EARTH DESIGNS

HE WANDERS INTO ALL THAT SPACE

THAT GOES BETWEEN THE HUMAN RACE

FOR HE MAY SEEM TO BE RIGHT HERE

BUT TO NO MOMENT WILL HE ADHERE

HE TRAVELS ON BUT NOT THROUGH NEED

FOR NOT ONE MAN TO HIM WILL HEED

HIS SPIRITS FREE TO ROAM ALONE

BETWEEN THE GAPS IN NATURE THRONE

THE QUANTUM OF HIS BEING LIES

BEYOND THE SIGHT OF HUMAN EYES

SO THERE BEHIND THE ANGELS FAIR

UPON A STAND OF SWEET THIN AIR

HE STOPS TO GATHER ALL HIS THOUGHTS

OF MANY THE THINGS THAT HE’S BEEN TAUGHT

WHILE DANCING IN THE VOID

PTTODD APRIL 2010ã

MUSIC ON YOU TUBE – THE BROTHERS COMATOSE & A J LEE – HARVEST MOON