Footprints

 

Footprints

Footprints on the beach may be there in the morn

If you know where lastly you were borne

But most will just a day abide

For life's oft' spent, at edge of tide

Joyous shrills of children's play

Happy grins throughout the day

Shining smiles from Heaven above

To join their mirth, to share their love.

For all we sense, in play by the sea

There's more than what we'll ever be

There's love and hope in boundless measure

There's never ending love and treasure

For footprints swiped away each morn,

Emerge anew, and your heart adorn

For footprints on your heart ne're fade

They last forever, they're eternal made.

The Hermit Thrush

                                                                               

What joy to see this hermit land

To share your presence where you stand

He left his place of quiet solitude

To share a meal in open interlude

He flaps and jumps around the yard

To grab a worm, it is oh so hard

But he always finds a worm just right

To fill his need, while still it's light

His colors are as a muted veil

Tan and brown with a rusty tail

His stealth is like a muted hush

For he's the vaunted hermit thrush.

Seldom seen but always welcome

Rarely heard but sings quite awesome

Stealth and recluse his nature be

But a hungry hermit will leave his tree

For life as a hermit he's compelled to be

But even a monk needs a cup of tea

So sit back and wait, and you will see

This beaut' may land in your backyard tree