So small as I am now
from great heights of heaven
what a sight I must be.
Three fold variety,
hundred and fifty in all,
evergreen Hedge of Protection;
backdrop for kaleidoscope colors.
Glorious sun shines,
casting its matron warmth,
shaming the likes of Apollo
with radiant, pregnant afterglow.
Nature’s own living pond
brimming with bustled activity,
young and old together
prepare cornucopia of plenty.
Thirteen turtles, that eye can see.
Muskrat builds as a busy bee.
Woodchucks, with four pups,
fasten the hatch of winter lodge.
Doe and her two fawns
bed behind the trees,
naive to my watching eye
graze and wade in shallow pools.
Crane in flight swoops down,
gazing upon saccharine prize;
Will frog or minnow make treat?
Indecision's in her eyes.
Crows in distance call to friends,
Blue Jays fight at feeders,
frisky feline, once in lap
in stealth sets up her trap.
Here I sit in solitude
dwarfed by it all.
Feelings of insignificance
within limits; feeling small.
What a sight I must be
from great heights of heaven
so small as I am now.
J DeBellis 09/19/09
Mind Wide Open
Lost in translation are the fragments of this beautiful life.
Jen, I LOVE this. It's so significant and lovely, with a great collection of nature references. I feel this way when I'm by the water - so small, so insignificant, so lonely! Yet, I love the water passionately. I think sometimes we need to be reminded of our human smallness, ironically to bring us down to earth! :D
ReplyDelete~ stella "Lily"
Thank you for your comments. I was in desperate need of encouragement in my writing abilities when I received these replies this morning. I wrote this from my favorite patio chair in my back yard. My property is beautiful; over 150 pines enclose our six acres, with every walk of life living right before my eyes in my natural one-acre pond. Too often I take this for granted and do not take the time to just be still and appreciate a magnificent moment. And lately, I feel quite small and meaningless in this over sized, over educated, and over critical world.
ReplyDeleteYour writing is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAh, your property sounds heavenly! My mom has 7 acres up north, but I don't get up there that often.
My backyard is fairly large, though not by any means as large as yours! It's pretty, though - a lot of baby trees and wildly growing plants life and vines. We have all sorts of wildlife, too. I love it. AND there's a park right down the road, so I get most of my inspiration from those places.
You're so lucky to live among all that beauty!