The sun slips beyond the horizon
Like a letter slips
into an envelope
Where it will stay
until the dawn
When the envelope
reopens
Spilling its contents
into the sky
Brightening the world
Lifting the heart with
its delivery
Like a missive from a
loved one
The heavily laden
Mountain slopes
Slowly shed their winter
coat
Beginning the slow
spring melt
The snow and ice
Releasing the water
Imprisoned within it
Metamorphosing as it
seeps
Into every crevice
Rivulets gently
trickling
Into dormant streams
Gaining volume and
momentum
As it tumbles downward
Swelling and growing
Feeding cascading
waterfalls
And white water rapids
As it races to the valleys
below
The cherry blossom
Filled the tree
A brief spectacle
Of perfect beauty
Until the petals fell
Like pink snowflakes
And in the breeze
Danced like confetti
Outside the church
On our wedding day
Little bird brings us
Your sweet song
To woodland
And to meadow
Usher in another
Blessed summer
Hummingbird fly
On vibrant wings
Sip, iridescent beauty
From trumpet blooms
The nectar sweet
With long slender bill
In flower deep
On the cusp of spring and summer
Hawthorn hedgerows
bloom
And produce their
fruity haws
Before the autumns gathering
gloom
The red squirrel
Cute arboreal
Character
Once abundant in our
woodland
Now small in number
Only survive in small
pockets
Thanks to the grey
intruder
