Loneliness

Sparkling dots of iridescence    
Poke through quivering leaves,  
Daytime stars forming    
Ever changing constellations
 
The sultry breeze would tell stories  
Of ten thousand summers past
If I could decode the secrets  
Nature whispers in my ear
 
Black cat and blue jay
Play tag around the elm tree
Neither wins, neither loses,
Life dances with itself  
 
"Mr. Squirrel, I'm lonely,  
Will you share a glass of Rose?"
I swear he shakes his head 'no'
As he scampers off around the corner  
 
So I sit alone, but not so much
Loneliness is all in the mind
I share the stage with a million actors -
Both human and not
 
If I could but open my eyes,  
My ears,
My heart
 
And listen.