thoreau type of day April 14.08

Today I walked
On grass twigs and wood chips
Up hills and through
A tunnel of tall trees
A robin met me
At each turn
While ducks waited for each other in pairs
And five turtles gathered on a branch
emerging out of the lake

Water moved in slow motion
While the ripples moved quickly

Then I stopped
And sat
In a valley of purple flowers
Until I laid my back
And saw the sun
beam through the dainty lime
painted leaves
fastened to the lanky branches of the trees

like an x-ray, the sun revealed the bones of each leaf

my soul fluttered
with the movement of
hundreds of purple petals
shaking in the breeze

as I left
the red haired
woodpecker
bid me good bye