7.26.14 As Morning Came

As morning came, the tall Echinacea stretched- the towering

Mallows yawned, bees tickling their masses of blossoms; as the sky

after their breakfasts; made a ruckus playing in the fresh birdbath , then

Lightened - small Profusion Zinneas grew just a bit longer, felt their buds approach opening and smiled; when the

Evening's dew lifted, the

damp moths and butterflies and insects did open their wings and turn to the warmth of the sun

While burgundy, and then iridescent green hummingbirds visited

each and every blossom twice

so satisfied they never competed once

As the now adolescent birds, all born right here, went

perched upon the arch , chattering happily among themselves

Until Shiva Louisa and I stumbled out 

into the finally blinding morning light, later than all the rest, to let this

Sense of place sink in and

fill the well of our

thirsty afferent selves