nature's charm so elegantly sweet
off to great meadows of new surprise
I take retreat
incredible comedic characters in a forest
filled of green
churn out each his own chorus
letting me know that I, they have seen
an interloper on an innocent mid-morning stroll
down by the lake
catching the breeze in her hair
the lazy wind begins to roll
on this casual walk she has chosen to take
nary without a care
a curious chipmunk stops to sniff the ground
where she has passed
open perhaps to the idea that a new breed of
animal to his play of life has just now been
cast
I, in turn greet him with no apparent alarm
for Oh, how I do so love
the gentle sweetness of nature's charm..........
(May 30, 1995)