If I’m not mistaken, a yellow-bellied sapsucker has been visiting my willow.
Today’s prompt is to write a relationship poem.
Even the stinkbug
that you lift so gingerly
from the wall
and scoop out the window
into the night breeze
Even the small mouse
skittering over the counter
Even the forsythia
flashing golden
in the afternoon sun
Even the curve
of the cobalt bowl
which nestles
into your palms
Even the Mayapples
in the woodsedge
Even the geese on the pond
Even the fish
Even the spider
whose art is everywhere
Even the mantis
who looks you in the eye,
who are so much larger
but so much less fierce
Even the hawk
circling over the field
Even the wind in the branches
Even the groundhog
eating your spinach
All is at one with you
All is family
If you cannot say to the rabbit,
I am your sister. I am your brother.
If you cannot say to the sun,
I recognize you as one of my family,
If you cannot say to the oxygen
as it races into your lungs,
We are children together
in this great race of living,
Then you will always be
separate, isolated, alone.
Gratitude List:
1. The fire and energy of the young actors, singers, dancers of my school. They had a fantastic show tonight. All the pieces were good, but the one that will stick with me is the song, “You Will Be Found.”
2. A shining blue bluebird
3. An indigo sky, just before total dark
4. Green. Have I mentioned the green? I was beginning to feel like my soul could not breathe, but everything is finally going green, and I can breathe again.
5. The deep purple violets all over my yard.
May we walk in Beauty!
Mockingbird Chronicles 