Open your eyes, open your eyes
I have strewn your path with cherry blossoms
I have scattered yellow flowers and violet and pink
Can you doubt love, when Autumn Olive scents the breeze
And I unfurl each honeysuckle blossom with tender touch?

Did you not see the five mallards
Preen themselves upon the shore in sweet spring showers?
The dozen swallows dive and dart, weave and soar
Over the burgeoning waters and the arbor of roses
Are these not the answers that you seek?

The Christmas cactus blooms though this is spring
The poplar peeks in the window shyly, quivering
In new green and forever white 
The blue heron glides with an ancient grace
And gives you my elegant assurances

See the three squirrels swing comically
Eyes shining, tails fluffed, jowls gyrating
Master of ceremonies, I entertain you with their antics
See the goslings flap their downy wings
Like you, they are all potential and all loveable

The bright Cardinal brings his beauty
A small gift and feeds it sweetly to her
He sings to you as you work in the woods
Listen and be comforted by the song of my love
Accept it openly, even for those who cannot hear

This is your role in creation
To love and be loved, to see and be seen
To sing and to listen to my song
Be still and know all is well, I am here
My love is all around, open your eyes


May 6, 2002