The softness of the sunlight

drifting featherlike

on the wings of a dove

lyrical mantra

borne on the winds

swaying the grass

that waves from here

unto tomorrow

and smiles at the thought

of Mother Earth’s footsteps

gentle and dancing

to the music in her ears

and the softness of the sunlight.

ml’23

(listening to Wuauquikuna’s ‘Mother Earth’)