day 169 ~ happy solstice

fantastical indulgences 
on a mid-summer night

if I never filled another 
feeder with sunflower seeds, 
millet, fruit and wheat berries,
if I never broke bits of bread
tossing them into the back yard 
for the crows…or laid peanuts 
on the edge of the covered porch 
deck for squirrels to snatch …
if I never scattered feed corn for
the deer and wild turkeys who
meander by each day at dawn 
and dusk, or never dissolved  
white sugar in warm water 
for the hummingbird jars 
hanging just outside my window…

the birds on this acre 
on the edge of the woods
would still go to sleep
bellies plump and satiated, 
the crows would have plenty 
to feast on…nuts, insects, eggs,
and even carrion, the squirrels 
would happily gather hickory nuts, 
grains, berries and seeds, 
the deer would munch on 
juniper berries and graze on 
clover with the rabbits, the turkeys 
would busy themselves plucking 
grubs and mites from the red dust, 
and seeds from the soil, and the
hummingbirds would sip sweet 
nectar from flower cups alongside
the butterflies and honeybees

these gentle friends don’t need me
life will go on when I am gone, 
but oh, how I’d miss the little 
community we’ve built, a utopia 
based on kindness and respect 
in this shared green space 
that we all call home sweet home…
and I’d like to imagine that they
would miss me and my rambling
one-sided conversations too.
I wonder if they’d miss the
moments that we share space 
and breath and eye contact 
wrapped in grace and trust…
I like to imagine that they would

~much love, peace and glimmers to you!

✨✨✨💚kat💚✨✨✨

Today’s lovely glimmers…