Because It Is My Heart

Wonderful photo by The Unknown Gnome

I selected what went in with great care:

wolf howls and a shaman with wise kind eyes;

a big black wolf whose eyes and memory

never leave me; hope and love 

and trust in the divine,

waves rolling endlessly onto sandy beaches,

and an old-growth forest, breathing peace;

music and puppy paws, 

wagging tails and doggy smiles,

lions and elephants, whalesong 

and birds on the wing,

and I packed them all in together, 

leaving nothing out,

because it is everything I love, 

and because it is my heart.

One from August, 2016, my friends, shared with the Poetry Pantry at Poets United, where there is wonderful reading to be had every Sunday morning.