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,

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

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

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

When I sit And watch The in and out Of breath, Thoughts no longer

Red, yellow and orange leaves Fall quickly now And create a tapestry of color That fill my mind With joy.

Time is going by fast, Trying not to live in the past, To keep priorities straight And not falter at the gate. To join the universal goal

You may not know what you’ll do next: Hit the open road With your thumb stuck out. Give up all you own

If I had all the time In the world To write, What would I say? What would be the most

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

In the dead Of Winter, I long for Spring. In the rains Of Spring,

The wind went through me, it carried the yellow, orange and red leaves lightly on the air. Another change is coming,

Tonight, the wind whistles as it rushes through the atmospher… Winter’s bare limbs of swaying trees, dance in the shadows.

The hummingbirds are buzzing As well as the bees. The Orioles land gingerly On top of the feeder. Cautiously they move down

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