Dawn Breaking

The ground is soaking wet from months of rain
the silence is delightful this dawning day
as morning light peeps through tall trees
no rain now only the delightful hush of dawn
till I open the window and hear the water
dripping from the sky as God squeezes out
the last rain clouds and the wind is blowing
gentle the trees sway and dance branches dry
Seventeen years now have I lived in here
surrounded by the sound of wind in trees
Oh to be so blessed by such abundant nature
My soul soothed by this constant greenness
I see the kale is growing well in my garden
The garlic has sent up healthy green shoots
Fruit trees are beginning to bud and birds
sing quietly their wet sodden songs to life