before me on the table is a vase of dead flowers,
i ponder them,
there life gone, their color too –
i ponder them and think of You…
i take take them out – stems wet and soggy –
and suddenly
out pops a froggy!
.
Life renews itself, in spite of my morbidity –
in ways beyond my petty grief or expectations.
Oh little amphibian – what joy You bring!
There is Unity in everything!
in that open moment when
listening
curiosity overtakes fear
and Love enters in.
i step out into the sunlight carrying with me my own shadow…
and i hear laughter …..look around!
and there, Her head tilted in disbelief,
i see Wisdom
in the light.
in the pond on the other side of the window
two ducks appeared to be in a deep conversation…
while i searched for words, longing to be heard.
the world may be a wet blue ball
spinning through a vast ocean of stars –
or it might be a soft furry one:
a small tiger’s wild purrs.
there She was
all rainbow rasta sunshine
sitting on the sidewalk
like
a sermon of hope
sun rise or sun set?
flying to the light, or aways from it?
i watch the birds and long to simply sit in it.
visions of highwaymen, and flora and fauna,
of a childhood of flip flops and sunburns –
of darkness and light,
seagulls and crows.
Ministry of Animals 