fluttering monarch 
gracing the soft fuzzy edge 
of a summer bloom

gleaming
wondrous
summer
solstice

Earth Day Gatha

breathing in sky
breathing out light
breathing in sun
breathing out warmth 
breathing in clouds
breathing out rain
breathing in love
breathing out compassion—
i bow to the ground

prophets of spring 
arriving on the winds of migration
shimmering with rhythms of life
stop look and listen

(Prothonotary & Blackburnian Warblers)

between in-breath and out-breath 
in the stillness of balance
in the whirling of worlds
live myths that never were and always are
Persephone'e eternal return 
bringing spring
and renewal

in a field of nowhere
— now here—
between radiant presence
and fertile voidness
a mackerel sky

a seed for contemplation:

we
harden
the heart
of separate-self
ego
when we need to be
right

may we soften and flower like a winter bloom