Friday, December 20, 2024

THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN'T LOVE






The deer come by tonight at dusk
While I am standing still.
Night falls so early as it must.
I wait for dark until

It catches me by quick surprise,
The sun to sudden drop.
How cold and bright our winter eyes.
I wish that time would stop.

The day, bare trees, December stars, 
The white tail boundless free.
its home is one without false wars.
where I would rather be.
 
On cue I see the geese in flight.
They loudly cross the sky
To give the rising moon a fright.
Whole towns hear them squawk by.

It's darker now and all I feel
Is breath of faun and doe
Beneath the cedars settling in.
The geese are quiet too.

A Silent Night is such release,
To huddle close like deer.
Or wait for morning like the geese,
With nothing frightening near.

It's true there's nothing we can't love
If greed we keep at bay.
If our heart's focus is above
Where saints and angels play.

It helps to see the doe and stag,
The goose and gosling too.
The waxing and the waning moon,
The people called the poor.

 

It helps to know we're not alone, 
That we are creatures sure.   
That what's at stake is life on earth.

 

 

                                                  

                                                 











 

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