
Brown soil
Deep roots
Drifting clouds
Growing fields
Warm breezes
Flowing waters
Food and drink
Nourish all
Times rhythms
Rising waning
Warmth and sun
Cool night sky
Heaven’s lights
Called by name
Gathered closely
God sustains us
Brown soil
Deep roots
Drifting clouds
Growing fields
Warm breezes
Flowing waters
Food and drink
Nourish all
Times rhythms
Rising waning
Warmth and sun
Cool night sky
Heaven’s lights
Called by name
Gathered closely
God sustains us
Rustle of leaves
on a scorching day
The sun blinks its eyes
as shadows slip in
Chirping birds
Now grow silent
As earth holds its breath
And heated air stirs
The rumble of a passing truck
Grows and speaks to
Dark clouds advancing building
Carried on silent streams
A dog’s sharp bark
Shatters the sudden stillness
And the cat races to shelter
As searing light pierces the sky
Storm’s call sounds
Make way Make way
Wind’s breath blows cool
As full drops descend
Pounding now upon thirsty ground
Washing cleansing making new
Wafting lifting petrichor’s rich smell
… Rain’s offering to lifted noses
Streams of water flowing
Warm toes cooling
Hot faces relieving
Churning clouds slowly recede
Storm’s call beckons
Lifts its arm in final salute
And rolls slowly on
As mist begins to rise
Why look right there
Now what is that
I peer into
A small world
Busy hurrying
Here and there
Creeping crawling
Flying digging
Busy ants and
Chirping crickets
Waiting spiders
Swaying webs
Wasps and bees and
Buzzing mosquitoes
Caterpillars munching
Butterflies flitting
Dragonflies and
So much more
Such interesting lives
We seldom notice
Working and living
See their small world
Call of geese as they wing their way
Graceful dance of butterflies
Flitter of a small wren’s tail
Majestic sweep of eagle path
Buzz of wasp, of bee, and fly
Lifting to the warmth of sky
Inhabitants all of this great earth.
To call
To dance
To come and go
To rise
To work
To be nourished
Winged flight… of life