by Dorothea Barth ©2013
Amidst primary reds and whites and blues
Where cannons roar, displaced coyotes cry
We praise the joyful purple, orange, green
Whose fragrance flirts with every passerby
Not quite complete the morning when we miss
These paths that change with wind and sun and dew
Each day new colors to unveil and spark
The sweetened skies awash in fresh-born blue
Our friends the dabbling ducks would miss our rounds
The squirrels' day would surely be askew
The weasels wonder where we might have gone
Were I to cease my wandering here with you
A misty decade spoke of earthly heaven
Reminds us now to savor sixty-seven
Copyright 2009 Dorothea Barth. All rights reserved.