Growth in Rays

The sun’s rays brought with them

A life force needed

To awaken the natural things of life,

To bring the eyes alight

And awaken the animals

That were hibernating while walking

To bring the human figures

Back to the ground

And electrify the limbs

That were moving with the slowness

Of a zombified nation-

Spring brought with it a reminder

Of the human-animal connection

A reminder that there is more

Than four walls and a roof-

There is a world

Full of color and growth

That can be watched or passed by

Or experienced

By rapid minds

That soak in the life around them

As their skin warms beneath

A loving sun-

A leader trying to bring forward

A kingdom struggling to unite-

Always divided by land or sea

Instead of finding connection through

Blood and bone-

A kingdom struggling to handle the beauty

Of an earth that is best shared

And spread wide-

Nature in her element-

Stand in the center of her glory

With the swaying grasses

Or slapping waves-

The scents of wild flowers

Or salt air

Warming the lungs

While sun’s rays envelop

Her creatures in an

Everlasting embrace.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet. novelist, and freelance journalist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!

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