The meadow nourished in softest <br />Sedges scattered amid violet milk weeds <br /> <br />Incredible flowered attractions <br />Hosting dainty butterflies, moths and bees <br /> <br />Each patrol finding warm sunny skie-s <br />Perfumed bliss softly summoning in <br /> <br />These many tiny witnesses for life <br />And too, sentinels diligently shield <br /> <br />Safe-guarding a precious new beginning <br />The fawn a tawny velvet-coated gift <br /> <br />Sheltered by loving aunts, sisters and <br />Mum over near the cedars, sedge and sun <br /> <br />She watches me in curiosity <br />Now a gawky yet cute adolescent <br /> <br />Quietly nibbling crab-apples not far from <br />My sacred space on this prayer-filled morn <br /> <br />(Sacred Space, Tennessee <br />November 17,2006)<br /><br />Debora Short<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nurtured-in-peace-2/
