Paradise Within

On the back porch of the world,

the sun kisses my laughter,

Giving me the silent strength

to separate before from the after.

Misunderstood soil shyly

strikes up a conversation.

And I engage my soul,

lost in aimless contemplation.

Whispers bounce from tree to tree

with the squirrels and the Day.

My wonder smiles coyly, with

the abandon of a child at play.

Come with me, wind- walk with me

to a destination erased

By skyscrapers and paved roads,

by noisy ambition misplaced.