Florida Nature

This land of sand where brown pelicans glide and herons spear fish in shallow marsh Where white egrets harvest insects that hide and summers are hot, sometimes harsh Where armored alligator eyes pierce water's surface and rattle snakes lay quietly in deadly wait A land of movement you must embrace To see its natural beauty illuminate To walk its beaches and feel their breeze See sunsets of golden red, as osprey fish, then glide away with a gentle ease To dive again for the food they miss This ravaged land from nature's course Where seeds from palms hang like grapes, then fall to ground from hurricane force, as winds blow hard across vast landscapes To sit beneath its open skies and find a peace in eagle's flight To see them fly and hear their cries, above my head for my delight This Florida where I came to roam, is now a land, I call home contest Florida Nature 2/11/15....picture Wild Symphony