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Green Velvet

Early morning tree filtered

sunlight stippled

green velvet meandering lawn

bisected by miles long

crooked  running

minimally rolling

concrete walkway.

Coming off my rear patio

this sunlight stippled

early morning

finds Kody and me

walking the rolling lawn

appearing to my eye

as green velvet.

Early morning energy,

chasing a number of seed hunting black birds

Kody then bounds after a teasing, chattering squirrel.

Peacefully now,

Kody and I walk the early morning

tree filtered

sunlight stippled

green velvet lined walkway

of where my home is situated

and, though not the religious type,

each morning the beauty of this place,

this place that I have the great fortune

of living causes my mind to wonder

of the great fortune that brought me

to this place of such beauty,

to this place of sunlight stippled

early morning meandering solitude.

Running up the slight,

vine covered embankment,

disappearing behind a stand of tall standing bushes

it takes but a minute for Kody to run back

because,

smart dog has me so trained,

that for his running and hiding a treat is tossed

into his waiting mouth.

On we go,

my friend Kody and me

to walk the green velvet rolling lawn

and though not the religious type,

I thank God for bringing me to this place

of solitude,

to this place of meandering early morning

tree filtered,

sunlight stippled green velvet,

to this place of beauty I am fortunate to

call home.

©April 7, 2012 / Mark M. Lichterman