A summer’s morning walk

like every other

startles me

awake

with its vision

of blues

– both sky and sea

reminding me

of the beautiful person

with whom I have the grace

to share my life

and our dogs

who are both

steady and boisterous

along with the raucous kerfuffle

of the lorrikeets

in our bottlebrush.

Such visions bring joy and

‘joy is the infallible sign

of the presence of God’.

I am thankful

for the gifts

of beauty

appreciation and

sight.