On The Shores

I walk on the shores
Of The Dolores River
finding my peace,
Where whispers
of nature
delight me,
over my shoulder
I see the deer
peeking from the bush,
I hear the cry
of the eagle
overhead,
I watch
two river otters
playing
on the opposite shore
and in the rocks
marmots
peek
from their borrows
nature smiles on every turn
one only has to be silent
for those wonders
to be seen.

Dec. 14, 2004