The Great Unknown

When or how
how and when
our fate awaits

inevitable
as the tides
night and day

messy exits
gene-imprinted
for most beings 

inexorable end...
perhaps for elders
more friend than foe.

Just Today

Once I was you
rejoicing in the moment

selling roadside drinks
climbing tall trees
running forever

hiking lofty mountains
speed-biking up hills
seeking new wonders

finding my passions
reveling in nature
making my family

Now lucky old me
still...
rejoicing in the moment. 

Sitting and Seeing

Front-porch sitting
with seeing minutes
gleaning morning gifts

birds in abundance
flitting to feeders
for midday treats

chipmunk below
finding seed remnants
for easy meal harvest

red dash of cardinal
albeit jittery
because of sitting me

woodpecker nonplussed
on nearby lilac
playing its tapping tune

two Carolina wrens
chirping their greetings 
in gregarious style

occasion for sharing
congenial moments
with faunal associates.  

Roots and Rocks

Cobbled forest path
paved with roots and rocks
brown needles between

overgrown with mosses
partridgeberry and fern
on backyard walking track

evolving naturescape
with ever-changing signs
seasonally revealed

deep roots and storied rocks
entwining together
this wondrous planet with us.