I find solitude here

 

The squirrels saw a vista and rested on a bough

Hugged the acorn to her mouth

Eating heartily just now

 

Down the river by the shore

 

Hidden in the trees

A barred owl tucks away

Feathers blowing in the breeze

 

Down the river by the shore

 

A stream sways to the rhythm

 

Currents rushing by

In the springtime there is plenty

Water gushing, amplified

 

Down the river by the shore

 

There is life in tiny drops

Creatures stirring

Moving

Crawling

The abundance does not stop

 

Down the river by the shore

 

Down the river by the shore

 

Wonder

 

Have you looked under a leaf?

To find awe and disbelief 

Or watched a water bug kiss the surface

There she glides she knows her purpose

 

Down the river by the shore

 

Down the river by the shore

 

Down the river by the shore

 

This is life

 

Quiet, still

Often graceful

Serene, majestic

I am grateful

 

Down the river by the shore

 

A heron sees a fish

She dunks her head beneath the spring

Resurfacing with a swish 

 

This 

Is 

Home

 

Down the river by the shore

 

Underneath the curling waves

Swirling, sloshing

Fluid, changing

She is racing

 

Down the river by the shore

 

I rest my head against an oak

 

And in her shade I take a nap

Deep in the forest by the stream

Without a map

I leave to dream

 

Take in the sounds 

To reconnect

Hear the calls

Nature’s perfect

 

There’s wren and fish and deer close by

They say it’s healing

The woods alongside

 

This run of water 

So close to home

 

I see it as a way to breath

Leave the chaos and routine

Placed aside, all tucked away

Trade in a screen for something green

 

In this northeastern jungle 

I see escape 

A way to rest 

My troubled mind

Look there, you see?

A flock of birds

They are now traveling southwest

 

The imprints of my shoes remain

A souvenir that is contained

I swim 

And tuck my hands into the river

It it but a tiny sliver

 

To relive these memories

I’ll carry with me

Down the stream

 

The drops that ebb from cloud to rock

Through the air

And down the stalk

Of Ostrich Ferns

Are but the same

The very ones the river stocks

 

The water then collects and pools

To form a River by the shore

 

Droplets trickle down my hand

And leave an imprint in the sand

Down the river by the shore

I sit to watch the water pour

 

This ever changing landscape

Takes my breath away

When water morphs to snowflakes 

It makes me want to stay

 

I close my eyes and sense a shift

To know there’s silence in a sound

It happens when they skies expand

The beauty that’s abound

 

Flakes begin their descent

Lilting slowly all around

For a second they’re suspended 

Then there’s a blanket on the ground

 

With magic snowflake dusting

 

And for one glorious moment

We are all one

The hard edges that define us

Have not been brushed off by the sun

 

Down the river by the shore

 

I often dwell in silence

When the wind picks up my thoughts

But the sounds that often reverb

Simply drop

 

Down the river by the shore

 

Voles nestle in the leaves

Throughout fall they burrow here 

And find comfort in the trees

 

Down the river by the shore

 

In this wild and scenic place

Flowers, trees and plants with bees (beads)

In my backyard there is a trace

That guides me to this special space

 

Down the river by the shore

 

I feel fulfilled, 

Not needing more

There’s water, air and scents unseen

A web created in-between

 

Down the river by the shore

 

Picturesque, this landscape

It’s grand and lovely 

So alluring 

I’m finding words are not enough

To describe my feelings during

 

Connect me to this magic land

And save it for another day

May it be here a decade more

For all to cherish and embrace

The river, lake and streams with bays

 

Down the river by the shore

 

Down the river by the shore