Joy I Am

-------Joy I Am-------

 

Aspen leaves

and Osprey 

wings

 

Both have their way on wind

 

That moves

me too

 

To resurrect

 

The joy

I am

within.

 

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Ocean

 

-------Ocean-------

 

The grass the height 

of dandelion

 

Dark green 

among 

the gold

 

Too young to cut 

for hay 

so best

 

To rest 

and watch 

the wind like waves

 

Upon 

this pasture ocean.

 

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Rejoice

 

-------Rejoice-------

 

A break in the rain

and the songs 

return

 

Time enough 

for Dandelion

 

To kick up 

their heels

with the Sun.

 

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To the Water

 

-------To the Water-------

 

In the dusk 

approaching

 

The peepers sing

 

An ode 

to the water

 

An ode to spring.

 

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Very Well

 

-------Very Well-------

 

It had never

occurred 

to me

 

Before the hoe 

found my hands

 

That the weeds 

of life 

need not take over

 

But when tended to

not cussed or avoided

 

Can very well

become 

like friends.

 

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Stars That Fill

 

-------Stars That Fill-------

 

Like the stars that fill 

a new moon sky

 

The light 

each hold

within us

 

Is ever-burning

and always there

 

Just awaiting 

the world 

to see.

 

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Octavia

 

-------Octavia-------

 

Dark clouds

blue sky

thunder

birdsong

Spring

 

Change

she said

God

is 

Change.

 

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