My Life In Word

GOING-ONS

The cheep of a cardinal
And a Carolina wren's call
I wouldn’t hear these sounds
If behind 4 walls
I wouldn’t know the feel
Of sun-kissed brown skin
Or the flavor of the breeze
That is carried on the wind
If I stay locked behind
The 4 walls of this house
How would I ever know
The going-ons of the field mouse
Who stays busy
Doing this and that
I would have never seen
The figure eight pattern of the local bats
As they fulfill their nightly duty
As resident pest control
Or see the tunnel pattern
Of that pesky old mole
If I stayed stuck behind 4 walls
I'd never know these things
Perhaps, I wouldn’t even know
If grass were truly green

Simona A. Brinson

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