Archive for: ‘February 2010’

WILD WATCHERS

02/17/2010 Posted by mindsinger

Out on the prairie where the wheat blows free
lives a red-tailed hawk
and his daring family.
They hunt for their supper
and they wait in the trees,
out on the prairie where the wheat blows free.

Down in the valley where the wild river runs,
lives a great horned owl
and her wide-eyed sons.
They hunt all day in the rabbity runs,
down in the valley where the wild river runs.

Here in my yard where the violets grow,
lives a tiny brown wren
who loves her babies so.
She watches for the hawk
and she watches for the owl,
here in my yard where the violets grow.

WIND WALKER

02/12/2010 Posted by mindsinger

A wind from the mountain

swirled in misty billows of silver

swept down the arroyos of time,

And left us lonely.

And on that wind came Wind Walker.

Fleet of foot he was

Silver as a mountain mist

Head thrown high to taste the rain

His hooves struck fire from the shifting sands.

We watched, enthralled

As he came near

and standing just beyond our grasp

he blew softly through flared nostrils.

Like music he moved

Like wildfire flowing across the horizon

Spirit of freedom on four legs

Oh, we tamed him,

Bound him with cords

Placed fetters upon his neck

And tied him to a plow.

We bred him to meet our needs

Until he ranged from huge and slow

To a diminutive toy fit only for a household pet

But shape and bind as we would

Wind Walker will never be completely bound

Thoroughbred

Lipizzaner

Tennessee Walker

Secretariat

Dan Patch

Seabiscuit

In back lots and modest pastures

The seed of Wind Walker reflects his glory.

The proud tilt of a head

The staccato rhythm of ebony hooves

And where the spirit soars

Wind Walker lives.

Donna Swanson c.2002

MEMORIAM

02/11/2010 Posted by mindsinger

He left this world behind

with all its lonely pain;

carried beyond on angel wings

borne to the throne of the King.

Vistas of worlds he’d never seen –

glory on glory filled his sight.

Opened to eyes newborn to wonder,

flooding his soul with light.

All his life he’d heard the words;

heard the City praised.

Now the shadowed veil was gone,

and reality met his gaze.

Clarion trumpets filled the skies;

choirs of angels sang.

The Halls of Heaven opened wide

to welcome him that day.

So do not grieve as those dear souls

whose hope is planet bound.

We’re only left for a little while

before our loved one’s found.

Rejoice with us as hearts unfurl

like the petals of a flower.

The fragrance of Heaven has touched us here

and we have felt its power.

Donna Swanson