Florida Nature

The symphony begins before daylight. Night herons blink tired eyes at music’s quake. Some tiny fish splash in the silent night. With spearing beak her breakfast she does take. Beneath the mangrove roots she saw that sight. The gift of life the living must partake. A hunter comes with camouflage and brawn. In quiet awe his hunger waits for dawn. As day approaches, tree frogs sing out strong. Green damsel flies dart quickly in the sun. Mosquito hawks and love bugs join the throng. Then, crackling leaves caution, a skulking one. The coral snake has no intent of wrong. She lives within the web of life God spun. And man, like beast must find the way through life. Surviving in a world with deadly strife – Serenity surrounds the spawning world. Though birth and death embrace each break of day, Beneath the cotton clouds joys are unfurled. The heavens rinse the earth with living spray. Beneath the treetops winds are sometimes whirled. And thus it is upon life’s earthly stay. As grasses grow and flowers bloom below, Our Father watches with his heart aglow. Copyright February 27, 2015 Inspired by Rober Butler painting Wild Symphony LINK http://floridaffaalumni.org/earn/shop-online/butler/ Written for Poetry Soup Member Contest: Florida Nature Sponsor Rhonda Johnson-Saunders