Where There is Life

Solace- this is where it bides
even in the winter gloom
there is a quiet dignity here.

Nothing troubles my mind,
my heart beats softly
within my breast;
cares dissipate like breath
on the frosty morning air.

I walk catlike, tail high
lightly treading between rows
of scarlet dogwood;
awareness stirs, signs of new growth,
the continuation of life
an everlasting promise-

A shaft of sunlight
sparkles through pigeon grey skies,
drawing my momentarily rose tinted gaze
to a clump of precocious shoots;

Snowdrops- their pearl heads still hidden within,
waiting in the wings
for their turn to perform to a winter weary world.

I am happy and in harmony
with nature,
for the moment
shadows in my life retreat;
I am at peace In the garden
still lightly wrapped in dreaming
where, here and there she kicks
back the blanket of slumber
to reveal the tender buds of life.