Another gorgeous, gorgeous day,
I mean, that alone
is to be
celebrated,
but this morning, something wonderful
a walk to my most peaceful spot
the pond
where for a time I will gaze on familiar spaces
as I do
every day
there are words, etched on my skin
that remind me
to dwell
in possibility
I look closely
hoping to spot the snails
I watch tadpoles swishing among
the water lettuce and duckweed
a small dark shape swims past
and slowly registers
my eyes to my
brain
that, that was a bit too long to be a tadpole
and it would appear, that we
have baby fish
Joy!
I stay just quiet, transfixed on the spot
hoping to confirm
and then, camouflaged perfectly in the
parrots feather
my eyes adjust to a vision
I see
a frog!
completely overjoyed,
on the inside
I am excitedly jumping and screaming
yet on the outside
I am just quietly smiling
from ear to ear
I feel so honoured to have a frog move in
very different from my toads
this lovely fellow with his pointed nose
is a beautiful shade of
green
with no wish to disturb, hand on my heart
I very quietly and
ever so softly say to him,
I am
so
happy
you are here
the hummingbird moths again
are a constant
I watch them closely this morning
feeding on the summer phlox
using their long proboscis in the tube-shaped flowers
the very same flowers that they,
the bumbles and other assorted bees
have visited for days now
as well today a Red-spotted Purple,
which actually is a beautiful black butterfly
with gorgeous blue and a couple of red spots
and right beside me
a Giant Yellow Swallowtail
and I am wondering if the flowers have the ability to
repeatedly
reproduce their nectar
and just how much sweetness
can one flower hold
as they do seem
to keep coming back
this has me thinking, about just what it would be like
if we were to value each other so
daily… repeatedly
to speak gently and kindly
as not to disturb
to place our hands on our hearts
and to smile from ear
to
ear
at the sight
of each other
to express our
deep love
for
presence
and for the honour
of such
if we were able to reproduce
our
sweetness
that delicious genuine thing
that unmistakably
draws you
in
if we paid more attention
to
the conscious nature
of love
and we thought
to put something good
in
the
world ♥
