Rhythm

Posted on May 12, 2020 by eteal

Tat a tat tat tat

Percussion echoes into the dawning dusk

Dinner!

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Mirage

Posted on May 10, 2020 by eteal

I’m all at sea

The sky is grey

And I’m all at sea,

When a cat the color of sand

Saunters across the patio,

I open the door to see

And He vanishes

Like a desert mirage.

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Food

Posted on May 9, 2020 by eteal

The purple trumpets are filled

With the tiny bugs

Feasting and pollinating.

A large anole hears the call

And joins in, feasting on the pollinators.

Supping from the lowest leaf, is the tiniest little lizard

I may have ever seen!

No matter our size,

We all need to eat.

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Cupped

Posted on May 8, 2020 by eteal

The calico cat

Got a kitty cup cat bed

And curled up into its cozy security

We all need safe places to nap and dream.

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Rainbowed

Posted on May 7, 2020 by eteal

Sitting in the sun

With a black and white dog

Light gleaming rainbows on fur

White or black

Both glimmer, shimmer, shine

Honor the prism of life.

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Tummy Troubles

Posted on May 6, 2020 by eteal

My tummy rumbles

Nausea comes in waves

Oh would this tide please ebb!

Then a softness flows beside me and begins to purr

Countering the rumbling with love.

Oh sweet cat companion!

It is so much easier to be queasy with You.

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Essential

Posted on May 5, 2020 by eteal

My human is a nurse

She works 12 hour shifts tending to the hurts of this world

When she comes home

I work 12 hour shifts tending to the hurts you can’t see

Both of us are essential workers in these times.

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A Visit

Posted on May 4, 2020 by eteal

The sunflowers smell like honey,

The roses fill the air with the scent of Love,

And jasmine, oh jasmine!

Yet the bee chose to come inside to visit me,

Oh, how I have missed You.

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Strut

Posted on April 2, 2020 by eteal

He struts across the table in the sun

Boldly in front of everyone!

Flashing his deep red throat

Bobbing up and down….

As if He was the finest thing around!

For whom is this display for?

Strut your stuff,

No matter who you think is watching!

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Itty

Posted on April 1, 2020 by eteal

The tiniest of flies

Lights on my finger

All iridescent and rainbowed

With crystalline wings.

What does it mean to say

All life matters?

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