I am at one with Nature
One perfect stolen moment of bliss
Dappled sunshine filters
through dwarf bamboo
crushed up against corrugated iron
fence painted midnight blue.
Mourning doves coo from the nest
in the camelia tree as
stripey nectar thief
clumsily collides into gaping,
bosomy rose, intoxicated.
Butterfly basks on red brick
while the wind ushers
through the cypress pine
telling me to please please hush.
No more crazy, no more angry,
no more stone cold fear that
plagues in the deadened night.
I am released,
I am at one with Nature
all around, no more,
no less ... at peace.
About the Creator
Shirley Twist
Shirley has had a 35-year career as a journalist, editor and teacher. She has been story-writing since she was 5 and her first story was published at age 13. A University of Western Australia graduate, Shirley is married with 2 children
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I enjoyed your way with words. :)