To sit with a dog on a hillside

On a glorious afternoon

Is to be back in Eden,

Where doing nothing was not boring

-         It was peace.

                                      Milan Kundera

It is now the time

To emerge from seclusion

And smell those roses

It is now the time

To frolic in a meadow

In the noon sun

It is now the time

To listen to the songbirds

In the greening trees

It is now the time

To wander into the woods

Observing new life

It is now the time

To perch on a steep hillside

With your canine pal

It is now the time

To walk hand in loving hand

With your true soul mate

Rejoicing right now

In yet another new Spring

And its Miracles