Poems

"As I walk the land, I am inspired to put into words that which I am experiencing"

Confidence in the Wind

I watched the swallow fly

Cutting through the summer evening air like a boomerang.

It was windy.

One would think the wind would dash

Such a small light bird to the ground.

But the Great Spirit gave it its uncanny ability

to stay aloft,

To turn into the wind,

To turn with the wind

At the precise moment that turning was needed.

It was so confident in its ability.

Wish that I would be so lucky.

To know that no matter the challenges,

I, too, could turn when I needed to

To stay aloft in my life.

Come Swallow,

Teach me.

Lessons From the Bird Community

The Northern Mockingbird sits and sings his cacophony

His song glides out on the land

Touching the mesquites, the yuccas, the newly flowered plants.

It also touches me and makes me smile.

At that moment, there was no virus; there was nothing to worry about,

Just the joy of singing.

I promise to follow the Mockingbird’s lead,

To sing my inner joy

So that I, too, touch the earth with my heartfelt song.

As I slow my pace and stroll on the Earth Mother,

I feel the notes from my heart song coming out my feet.

The earth smiles. Ahhhh, she says, someone knows how to live.

Always the birds show us how to live.

Have you ever observed the behavior of birds in the face of adversity?

For days and days, they make their nests,

Yet the weather, an animal, or the work of humans destroys their precious creation.

They build again, and sometimes the nest with its precious cargo gets destroyed once again.

They continue to sing and build, sing and build.

And so, I do not shrink back from what is currently happening on our planet,

I, too, sing and build, sing and build.