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

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,

Holiday cheer and laughter, Multicolored lights blink faster, Music of love and good will, Grace the air like snowflakes. Tis the season to be compassionate…

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.

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

At that magical time When the yellow moon Sets, And the pink mist Of dawn,

The flesh withers as we age But our inner spirit Remains the same. And when the body dies The spirit breaks free

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

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

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

One lit candle burns brightly As I make a wish upon it’s Golden aura, that Humankind May learn to caress the earth As the wind does a field of flower…

First snow of the season Came down light and gay, With it’s bright white, Reflecting, Off slow moving clouds

On the brink of leaving, To go beyond These borders And say good-bye, To all you know,

It is what it is Despite my wishes for it, Otherwise. You are who you are Despite my expectations,

Summer is near it’s end, I regret not visiting my childhood home, near the gulf, where the sunset