Nature's Music

Nature's Music




Sitting around the fire
telling stories into night;
singing songs and sharing laughter,
everything feeling just right.

Roasting the marshmallows,
being with the ones you love.
There is nothing like the nighttime sky,
so many stars above.

As some stumble off to sleep
let yourself rise from by the fire;
hear the pops and snaps of the wood
beginning to expire.

Walk to the water's edge
as if almost without choice;
the crickets and frogs calling out,
hypnotic is their voice.

Out there within the darkness
a fish leaping to the air,
splashing back into the water,
nature's music takes you there.

Nature's music brings a smile
so I send her song to you
my dear friend for every smile,
every loving thing you do.

--msl2023

For EJ