THE RED KITE

 

The Red Kite

Beautiful in flight

In the cape verde sky

Raptor flying high

RED ADMIRAL

 

Red admiral flutter by

You Beautiful butterfly

Drink from the buddleia

Lovely Vanessa atalanta

FROM THE BREAK OF EACH NEW DAWN

 

From the break of each new dawn

When heralding the new day

The sun crests the horizon

To Paint the eastern sky

With natures orange glow

Until it sets again

In majestic splendour

Beyond the western hills

And is swallowed by the darkness

It gives life with its benevolent light

LEAVING WINTERS SHADOW

 

When we come out

Of winters shadow

And it’s finally spring

There is fire in my heart.

And a lightness in my step

And the world seems full

Of infinite possibilities

THE CHILL WIND

 

The chill wind

Bitter and biting

Buffeted the house

Rattling the windows

And whistling at the door

Exploiting every weakness

Exposing every crack

To chill us to our bones

THE STORM RAGED

 

The storm raged

Thunder roared

And lightning flashed

As rain fell unrestrained

From leaden skies

Like liquid knives

Dropping into the sodden land

Night came early

Beneath the slate grey

Until a tear in the fabric

Of the unremitting deluge

A perfect patch of blue

Showing through the heavy sky

Brought tranquillity

With a glimpse of heaven

Through the darkness

A beam of heavens light

Shone down upon the land

A beacon from above

To let us know

We are not forsaken

THE SWIFT

 

The familiar forked tail

And crescent wing

Of the agile Swift in sky

Performing aerobatics

Above the fields of gold

So pleasing to the eye