A mantle of green cascading down the side,
folds of her beauty growing before you
Flowers adorning her foothills,
in crevices, hollows, and woods,
emerging, creating, paying their homage

Winds blowing through the trees,
listen to them sighing,
as the branches dance to the music of the winds,
waving their limbs in the sky

Hawks calling out,
catching the currents of air,
high in the blue cloudless skies

Wings extended,
minute changes in their feathers,
as they soar, effortless,
spiraling,
gliding,
mesmerizing as you watch

Crystalline notes, echoing around you,
so pure and sweet,
a symphony of unpracticed music,
as the bird songs change with each step you take

Colors appearing,
catching you unawares,
as you stop and look breathing in the beauty surrounding

Joy welling up from the center of your being,
spreading outward,
mirth bubbling up from you as you partake of the nature around you.

Time hangs motionless in this realm

Sunlights rays flooding the forest floor,
creating a chamber of diffused light,
illuminating all within

A shrine of stone,
walls of rock creating a chamber,
of immensity as the rivelets of water runs through

Butterflies spiraling upward,
wings touching
caressing as they dance away

Serenity, here before you, partake with me.....

© Copyright 1999 Gwen A Lewis