Muse

We walk together

She and I

Through the stream ribboned valleys

Past magical doorways

Framed by ivy

Cobalt blue paint peeling

Handles stiff from neglect

Wonder

Open eyes of a child
scanning the sky,
looking for rainbows,
breathing ‘why?’.

Light dancing
on the stream.
Frog on rock,
the mossy dream.

Animal language,
fingers in the earth.

Celebrate,
unlearn,
return,
rebirth.

Rustle of love,
Catch me closer
To your beating heart
Of autumn leaves.