Fabyan Japanese Gardens
To Be Changed
seek quiet
in a Japanese Garden
walk without sound
passing black pines
slender lavender blooms
on giant ribbed hostas
the dry stone creek bed
will rush with rain
pause at the pond
cross the moon bridge
dipping to the stone lantern’s
unmovable thick walls
arched openings for light
seeping through rice paper
at night
to change you
Moon Bridge and Lantern
They Soar for Us
Sign of good air and water,
the bald eagles soar once again,
their strong and regal stature
an inspiration for our own survival.
Here in December, the pair
are tending twigs in their nest,
and bringing in dry grasses
for the soft baby beds
needed later in March
when three smooth white eggs
will appear,
and both will protect them
even from wind and snows
of late winter.
Mom, with her “eye shadow” & less than snowy head.
Juvenile invades parents’ nest!
Pair altering the architecture of last year’s nest!
Stepping Lightly
We walk on air every day,
the weight of our bodies
pressing our luck, pressing
through time and space,
each step a choice
to stomp a heavy foot upon
tender green fragility, or
with our wings of diplomacy
spread wide, float along
the line of life we’re given,
crushing nothing in our path.
From the book “Lichen-Poems of Nature”, http://www.blurb.com
