My heart sighed,
the exhale combined
with the incoming uplifting
screened spring breeze;
despite the birdsong,
my eyes welled up,
as I began to walk into
Sadness’s alluring stream…
But my nature friends
and forces always seem
to intervene!
To my pane came
a hummingbird who hovered
until I forgot
all of my soul’s woes
and again felt
Hope’s flutter
and the feeling
of not being
in this world
alone.
Despite it all,
life is truly beautiful
as long as there is
this Presence I feel
so connected to.
Cut me open. I don’t think
I will bleed.
I am sure
butterflies
will rise
out of me
and to the moon,
my essence return,
merging light
to warmly glow
in a belonging
forever.