Walking on the edge, Between awareness and sleep. Sometimes... I’m in the moment, I feel my body,

Not a word heard As the river flows Over rock, around Banks that lie Waiting for visitors.

Come with me To the mountain top, Where the crest touches The sky And the air so pure,

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

Misty fog floating through bare trees. Cold waves of wind coarse through the woods whistling as they go

Firefly shine your light, Brighten my life, Lead the way, through The meadows, in my mind. Firefly, float so high,

Walking on the beach of long ago, the constant roll of the gulf, it’s sound, like a lullaby.

Today, I wish the pain to go, the fatigue that I fight so. This process of aging is unkind and yet, the law of nature is a fast lane of change.

Thoughts flicker like twinkling lights, ride them across the sky. Embrace your dream,

Squirrels with bushy orange tails leap about the deck. Crickets hum, confused that it’s not dark yet. The caw of a blue jay

The white snow lay gently on the ground in a swirl pattern. The sky, a slab of smooth grey stone.

To open and risk hurt... Or stay closed but Never really live. Pain can reveal... A connection to

The red cardinal high in a tree, caught my attention with his melodious chirp on my daily walk.

Every hour we are someone Different, Every day something new Learned, Death is just another

It’s a billion stars moving and co… While we sleep. It’s one miracle after another and… We do not take the leap. It’s the great heave of nature