Forests and fields, sun and wind and sky, earth and water, all speak the same language: peace, solitude, silence.
~ Thomas Merton
Silent and still
my father stands
before our summer shelter
He is thinking a prayer
to the Holy Ones,
asking them
this day
to keep our feet
on the trail of beauty.
Filling the silence
of my father's prayer
I hear the bluebird's song.