At break of day a warm breeze

       that says open wide your window

            hear the birds sing after the night's rain

 

Where the mists give mystery to the coming day

      lift slowly in their own time

            to reveal the water and mountains

 

A walk in the park among the trees

      To breathe deep the essence of spring

            where the pines openly expel  odours to heal

 

Where the moss and lichens grow freely

      enfold in their colourful blankets

            the rocks in shady places

 

Where the commerce of the day

      has no entrance to the home of nature

            where the peacocks  strut unafraid

 

Where the ponds fill with fowl

      the turtles bask on floating logs

             the symphony of the day has begun.

 

By Hazel Ross