Putting On the Day

Sun-kissed tops

of snow-covered cedar,

lace filigree bushes

full of twittering birds;

snow-crystals winking

as the morning sun rises:    

I stand in the doorway,

putting on the day.

HARMONY

Beautiful morning:

birdsong

clouds like

herds of white horses

grazing the sky

a deer

taking startled flight

across the meadow

sleepy dogs

snoozing

on the porch-step

of morning

a horse's

deep brown-eyed calm

to greet me,

whuffing for her

breakfast oats

teapot steaming

and nothing to do

this long glorious day

but be with

the animals

They know how

to live in balance,

in the Now;

our soul's

replenishment

is to let them

show us

how.