I TOOK A SHORT WALK by Lisa O'Neil-Guerci I heard the music of wind and water as I took a short walk today. Nature had graciously asked if I wanted to join in their afternoon of play. I might have known I'd step into their home- that they of course would become the words of another autumnal poem. That I'd come upon and smile to see a heart-shaped yellow leaf propped against an oak tree~ both seeming to be waiting patiently for me. I should have guessed that sorghum and cattails would be slow dancing with each other... of course they would~ it was clear to see they're longtime friends turned lovers. I then inclined my gaze upwards towards branches which held the sun tenderly in their arms. A few leaves were stained with the first blood of the season's russet hue it shouldn't surprise me that the afternoon sky would be so perfectly blue~ and that the white la...
Women's Spiritual Poetry