Step, two, three, four.<\/p>\n
Across the floor, out the door,<\/p>\n
Where the soft breeze blows<\/p>\n
and birds fly free.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Flap, flutter, flitter, fly.<\/p>\n
Birds go winging, swooping by,<\/p>\n
Where sweet grass grows<\/p>\n
in the meadow, green.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Putter, patter, pattern-step.<\/p>\n
Past where the silver fox has crept,<\/p>\n
Where birches sprinkle dappled shade<\/p>\n
and the eagles hide their nest.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Marking, marching, making tracks.<\/p>\n
Swans slide by grayed fishing shacks,<\/p>\n
Where the water spills through the spring-green glade<\/p>\n
and I stop here to take a rest.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Tracing back the way I came.<\/p>\n
Rolling clouds spill a spring-time rain.<\/p>\n
Where a wandering song fills my heart with light,<\/p>\n
and I stroll back through the meadow, bright.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I am golden sun, though I cannot fly.<\/p>\n
I am bursting clouds that fill the sky.<\/p>\n
My heart spills over and I start to cry\u2026<\/p>\n
and ever more the meadow-creatures will talk,<\/p>\n
how they tamed me with their nature walk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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