Thursday, June 10, 2021

Backyard Chorus

It's only when the light 
                 starts to leave
         that you sense the 
                     closeness 
                     of the sea

And the peace of compassionate
                                        presence 
        without a dervish
                     to steal the feeling
                                         of green

As the planes steal the silence 
                               from the sky
       like they don't see
                     what they're doing

The hummingbirds and butterflies
                     have voices too

Ah but the chimes have
                              a mind
                              we can't imagine

        except to say
                     we hear a pie 
                             cooling
        
        Boysenberry blue
            through & through