When

When you play so hard
And your child's world
Mesmerizes you
You blow bubbles in your sleep
And catch fireflies
Having the best of
Playmates
When your child becomes
Your best friend
And picnic buddy
Even knowing better than you
How to set up the tent
And keep a fire going
Finding the perfect stick to roast the
Marshmalows, squishing chocolate between graham crackers in sticky celebrations
Then
you wait for your pal
To return from
Growing up

Free

I am the one
Not giving you freedom now
I want to stand you up tall
Looking ahead at your life
Seeing patterns
So you know what to expect
I want you to love yourself so much
That you never let someone else's love
Sculpt you into someone you are not
I want you to hold true and dear
Values of loyalty and kindness
Respecting all living beings
Walking away from lies
Passionate about the whole truth
That shines within you as
Your inner light
I want you to know
I will always love you
And cherish you
And freedom?
I stand in awe of your power to create
I have no need to approve or disapprove
Give me the respect of my own life creation as you create yours.
Where I have failed
Give me the room to succeed and transcend tbat failure
And may I have the grace to let you choose your path
Freely
Knowing you are loved every day of your life
The same as the miraculous child who loved and trusted me once long ago looking up into my eyes with joy

Honeysuckle

I hope
Where you live
The night air drips
With the scent of
Honeysuckle
So sweet it
Pulls through your nostrils
And fills your chest
And you feel like
An invisible garden
Surrounds you
Exhaling as you inhale.
And the fireclies
Riot
Intoxicated with such
Delicate smells

Nightscape at creekwalk inn bed and breakfast by janice haynes

Sweet corn reverie

Fireflies
Low shooting stars
Streaking above my campfire
Escaping sparks feign to
Be the magical bug but  move aloft and fade
While brightness
Leaps sbove the smoke
On and off and on again

Fireflies in the great smoky mountains

The firefly season
Unannounced
Suddenly
Is here
With night time
Serenades of light
Winging from lush meadow grass
To highest treetop
Staccato measures
Syncapated beat
Shhhh!
Too bright for sound

Dissatisfaction

No excuse
With warm caress of evening
Air
And golden rays coasting
Over mountain
Shoulders
Reaching cooling meadows
Singing birds frantic with melodies
And repeating notes
a saw
Then a lawn mower
Replying in this stretch of a longer day
May
No excuse for sitting
Rocking
With any troubling thought
Choose a simple task
Do it
Night will fall

Horses grazing

When my heart of hearts
Dreamed there was a
Horse at my window
I looked out
And they were there
Grazing