Today it's almost imperceptible
Yet there's hope for tomorrow’s reprise
Of yesterday’s home
Complimentary companions
A package of potential
Just hanging together
Best buds
Creation’s finest
Jewelled and dressed for the dance
Of winter with spring
Clingin’
Flakin’
Surroundin’
Featherin’
Coverin’
Embroiderin’
Colorin’
I'm
Likin’
Lichen
Some might curse the springtime snow
Others…
Play!!
Unexpected delight
Today’s gift
I remember back then
when walking along the swamp path
I remember seeing lavender, pink and orange
Hugging the horizon
A rich palette of color
Leaking through skeletal trees
Announcing the arrival of the sun
To light the day.
I remember walking not so long ago
Same path, same sky, same everything
Yet a gray shroud laid across the sky holding back
A flood of color trying in vain to influence the day
Amidst steel wool clouds rolling out an even darker gray
All making me wonder, why bother
If there is no sunrise
To light the day
Then I remembered something
As I walked along the swamp path
I remembered some wisdom from a friend who said
Even though the kaleidoscope of morning beauty
Is hidden and all seems lost, grim, hopeless
Unseen on the other side of the gray
There’s always a sunrise
To light the day
Sunrise, today’s gift
This is where I walked the other day.
This is what I saw.
Nothing noteworthy, really.
Except…
… for the ability to walk
… for the ability to see.
Today’s gift.
“This is the day the Lord has made…”
Today’s gift.
Granted the opossum is probably a long-shot to make anyone’s list for the Michigan Wildlife Hall of Fame. However, when I passed by this critter perched on the fence next to the path on which I was walking this morning, I was momentarily in awe. A ‘possum, on a fence, just feet away, posing for me. Wow! Delightful!
On that same walk I interrupted this group having a drink in the creek. From the look they gave me, they might have been saying, “Oh, dear!” or maybe “Oh, human!” I thought, “Wow! Delightful!”
I guess we never know what may cross our paths in the course of a day. Maybe a posing possum or drinking deer can bring a smile. Then again maybe one who is dear will brighten the day and bring unexpected delight.
Today’s gift.
Walk as Children of Light 