Every step leads us on

I came across upon my way

a Honeysuckle shrub

with an abundant display

of honey-eaters and silver-eyes

enjoying the nectar

and the air was filled

with the wonderful scent

and I felt happy I had come this way

for I was inspired

on my walk today.

 And further along, I came to a bridge,

it was close to the lake

when I came down from the ridge

of ranges I journeyed across

and nothing ventured

is ever lost.

Every step leads us on

and every experience

can be built upon,

and every soul

is ever-loved

and every bird flies above.

So travel your path

and delight in the way

you are grateful for all

the beauty each day.

The colours of light,

the array of greens,

the shapes of the rain clouds

shadowing the valley,

how indeed, could there ever be

enough praise for the natural world

we see.

Eucalyptus blossoms,

as red was the tail of the black cockatoo

now extinct from our ‘Bush’,

and so I am also heartened to see

the yellow-tailed black cockatoos

flying over the trees,

and the golden wattles

are flowering brilliantly.

(Written on August 7, 2013 with a flowering stem of the Winter Honeysuckle)