Nature’s place in my life is as a sweet familiar melody running through my living,
it speaks the language of my soul;
it connects my roots to the beating heart of Mother earth
and it centers me in ‘now’ and ‘am’;
it lifts me out of the mire of day to day concerns;
gifting me moments of deep knowing and insight;
even in my darkest days, it anchors me to wonder and joy,
lighting my way back home to my best self;
it roots me in awareness of the constancy of change, unafraid,
and threads the cycles of dying and rebirth within my being;
it enfolds me in a living silence, rich in mystery,
opens the door to realms of myth and magic;
it inspires me to watch, to note, to listen,
sating my senses;
it draws from me a life-affirming reverence,
a deep resounding ‘yes’!
(2018)