Red sun in the morning rolling up the side of earth. The sky turned pink, as a ball of fire showed it’s strength,

Oh hummingbird Where are you now? Have you taken My courage with you? Oh hummingbird

Ambition seems overrated at this time of life, effort seems more like strife. In my youth I was motivated by a hungry desire

Perhaps it is the mind separating things into this and that. Perhaps it is the mind with it’s preferences

I do believe, to give to others lends meaning to our lives. To be there

Itchy eyes scaly feet achy joints and bad teeth hair so fine

Not sure what to write while the world is on the brink of another war. While others face

Leaves falling, Another season Decorating the earth. One red leaf In my path,

Looking at my journal’s Blank page While geese fly by and honk A greeting. The red cardinals

Standing at a crossroad Between this life And the next, Heart in hand I knock on that

Cool breeze rustles through the tr… drifting into my open door and leads me to the window to see leaves falling with abandon. Highlights of red and gold lace

Rolling painted deserts of the west. Shrub bushes dot sloping hillsides. Relentless sun heats up

Just a small part of me wants strife to go away, to return to a kinder time. Am I just losing courage? Life is draining me,

Dark bulk of a single bird, With red puffed up chest, As winter’s breeze sways his perch…

Last night I dreamt that I floated above the clouds, above the earth and my heart