Risky Business

Temptation (to a mouse)

Temptation unmasked

Take a risk

Yield to temptation

What do you have to lose?

Changes

As trees discard fall garments
that blanket the naked ground,
autumn fades into winter

Measuring

When he was young,    
the future only a dream,
He never worried about
what he would write
on the pages of time

Life swirled around him         
He did what he had to do next
without stopping to think
And the pattern changed
because he passed by.






Today, the falling leaves
remind him of his past
It's written like tree rings
that can't be deleted.

What will they say about him?

By what measurement will he be judged?

Does it matter?

Bon Voyage

                              


A leaf sets sail  
on mirrored sky
to be reclaimed
by dust




Leaf dust
rearranged
greets the morning sun

Busy work

Sometimes

I act like the squirrel

in Mom's backyard

Scurrying back and forth     

So many things to do

Plotting to steal the seed

from the squirrel-proof feeder

Combing the grass for seed
when that doesn't work
Bouncing from tree to tree
Burying seeds and nuts
Chasing away intruders
Such a list of things to do
all by himself


Why is it easier to stay busy

than to draw close and encounter

the One who loves me more than life?

Parched

Parched

the ground

the corn

the cows

me

Rain refreshes,           

replenishes the earth

I am parched still.

Promising thunderclouds
are mere bags of wind

preaching empty words

They cover my soul with dust.

But...

He was thirsty

so I could drink

the dew of heaven,

His words of life,

and never thirst again.

Quietus

Writer's block~~I've had it for weeks. Aarrrgghh!!

But...
A delightful invasion of hummingbirds
    playing games
    dancing a ballet

    sipping nectar

    guarding territory

    accepting my presence

    just resting

Called me to enjoy the moment.