Resting
in Sunshine
by Pamela Den Ouden
The woods ring with the alarm
of morning
Striped chipmunks sing out: Sunshine!
Everything fine!
Jays tapdance along the branches
Swirling their indigo capes and
top hats
Gray squirrels chatter their
applause
As they plan raids on stocks
of berries
Mosquitoes gossip rudely
Filling the air with their spiteful
buzz
We join them in their noontime
nap
Watching clouds puff by
Soon the water spins white--
I'm an eagle skimming the surface
Talons in the froth
My heart churned by rushing streams
Feathers plumping a cushion of
air
Between me and deep water
