I am resting in a chair on the sunporch
Pondering as I peer into the sky
Summer blooms with fragrance fill the air
I watch a hummingbird that’s whizzing by
My mind has entered a reflective mood
Journeying in a trek through age and space
Shuttling between past and what’s to come
Knowing that time is closing on the race
It yearns, but not reliving days gone by
Of playful youth it doesn’t crave the fire
That burns the senses and obscures the mind
Stoked by ambition and sensual desire
It does not seek the frenzy and the strife
That mask the emptiness of daily life
There are no mountains that it aims to scale
No drive to win, no fear to fail
My heart beats now to a different tune
Music can distill from hollow sound
Rubies can uncover in a pigsty
In silence still can hear the human cry
It seeks the gentle warmth of human touch
Two souls in a slow dance in the twilight
Unspoken words are the sweetest verse
Is like a long embrace a soft caress
A loving glance outshines the brightest star
A smile is radiant as a rose in bloom
A walk in nature, holding hand in hand,
Is just enough for heaven to befriend