God’s Country

“The Colors of Nature” by Stefania T Menegozzo

 

I’ve used the phrase often

not with small purpose

when nature resplendent

unfolds into view

breathtaking with grace

where bluebonnet skies

clutching billowed chiffons

meet with lavender rolls

that upholster the earth

between sepia seams

edging emerald forests

and purple-gray foothills

ascending cool slopes

capped by eggshells and pearls

where air has clean taste

scrubbed by fingers of breeze

and waters clear smell

sparkling salted or pure

to imbibe and intoxicate

quickening species

robust and refreshed

through connection by brisk

elemental comingling

of molecules built from

stray bits of far stars

coalesced by the livening

rays of the sun

 

 

From my books Range of Motion and Legacies (vol. 1)