Where Do I Live
Where do I live? I live
In the ever changing
Blues and greens of the ocean,
Darting soundlessly, weightlessly
From pink coral to white
Among the waving sea creatures
Amidst iridescent fish
And the bones of sunken ships.
Sailing in the air currents with gulls
In an October blue sky
Over spindrifts of clouds
Embroidered gold by the
Last rays of the sun
Sleeping in cumulus down
Awed by jagged lightning
That splits the heavens.
Bracing myself with breaths of
The thin and icy air
On the snow-capped
Craggy mountains of the earth
Climbing precipices
With the bighorn sheep and
The crafty, silent
Soft-pawed snow leopard.
Riding a camel where the land is
Arid and brown - blown dry
By searing desert winds
And sun that burns the skin,
Roamed by scorpions,
Lizards and snakes
And nocturnal creatures
That poison and bite and sting.
Resting in the sweet smelling grass
Of a sun-dappled forest glade
Fringed by ancient oaks
Breathlessly still, except for the buzzing
Of bees and cicadas, vibrant calls
Of the multi-colored birds
And the rustling movements
Of some unseen wary forest animal
I dwell in the ever-expanding
Consciousness of the mind
That opens to infinity
Joyfully exploring possibilities
Absorbing all experiences
Great and small, dark and light
As I become one with them.
I live in the dreams I weave.
Copyright © Barbara Peckham | Year Posted 2021
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