Warm sun, gentle breeze,

 birds sing, all is harmony -

      in my mind? the yard?  

On the lawn is Bugs(1);

on the pond are seven ducks;

       on the couch - is me! 

 (1) a rabbit friend - but not necessarily one that I could identify as opposed to another. 

 Yellow daffodils
gathering on the hillside -
        infiltrating May.      

The gas stove comes on,

the sun and the temps falling -

    Evening settles in

           or

Evening settles in,

the sun and the temps falling -

     the gas stove comes on. 

 

 Blue sky overhead,
Dark clouds on the horizon -
         take a walk - or no?

 All over, over all God,

"A chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation....."

Really? 

Examples are few and far between

in these harsh and polarized and violent days.

Shine the light of your love into the backroom spaces 

of our hearts and lives

until they more fully realize the persons you have called us to be.

Oatmeal for breakfast,

soup, salad, muffin for lunch -

     now - what's for dinner?