Wednesday, May 28, 2014

It Was Nice

This time was no different. Daddy always brought me home a present from his trip to
America. This time it was a bird. I named him Redhead. He looked around and sang a little bird tune.

It was nice.

But I preferred hearing my favorite song, Buffalo Moon, and played it every
night before drifting off to sleep. I fed Redhead seeds and berries.
I even taught him how to eat right out of my hand.

Daddy said that was neat.

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Mona yelled upstairs for me to go to bed. I put my book in the nightstand
drawer and turned out the light. I laid motionless in my bed, engulfed in darkness. That is when
I found out Redhead could sing my favorite tune.

It was really cool.

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It was neat, it was nice and it was cool!

I'm talking about walking up the stairs to my room, finding it had been tidied and realizing now I didn't
have to do it. The rugs had been beaten, the floor had been swept and my books and records had been
stacked neatly on the table. Mona had even left the window open to bring in some fresh air from the bay.
I inhaled, sighed, jumped spread eagle on my bed and closed my eyes.

But it was still noisy.

I looked over at Redhead. His methodical singing seemed to beckon me. He must be hungry. I gathered his
food and laid it on the bed while I opened the cage door. Redhead rushed through the open cage door past
my frantic grasps and perched briefly on the window stool of the open window. He looked back and then
flew out the window.

It was goodbye.

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Daddy is on a trip again to America. I wonder what he will bring me.

Some nights right before I drift off to sleep, I can hear a song playing outside in the distance among the trees.
I always hum along because I know that song.

It is Buffalo Moon.

© 2011 by Mari

Love

Doing something to get love back in return is not necessarily wrong
It's human nature as so eloquently sung in that beautiful song
Nobody wants to feel hate when they do something for someone
That feels like walking down a lonely road devoid of the sun
For there are millions humans out there who have not mastered the way
that to get love, you have to give love each and every day
That makes love reciprocative and an important task not to miss
It's a highway, a two-way street and a thoroughfare to bliss

© 2014 by Mari

Monday, May 12, 2014

Find Your Compass in Compassion

Compassion of the
Ordinary kind is not
Myopic in thought
Perhaps it is
A wandering light
Sought by those whose
Soul needs love's embrace

© 2014 by Mari