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Cypress Lakes of Lakeland

I awakened to giant egrets 
dancing while brilliant hawks 
bluster over head while 
thousands of white herons 
nest by night flying out 

every morning arriving 
within the Caribbean 
by noon only to return 
just in time for  dinner 
cardinals perch low singing 

lovely hymns to the baby eagles 
just out of reach the blue jays 
gather among the wood peckers 
as the humming birds flutter 
feasting on sweet nectar

the tall cypress trees sway 
embracing the glorious sky
igniting one hundred butterflies
while the sun peeks in between
the wandering clouds above the lakes

Written by Yolanda Nicholsen 
4-5-2022
3:24 am

Copyright © Yolanda Nicholsen

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