The Wish

for the Honeybee

Once upon a time there was a wish

it fluttered through the air

dancing, shining through the sky

leaving snatching hands with only sky

they could not catch the wish

it kept searching through the air

seeking through the cold-touched air

and tumbling through the sky

for the One who would make the wish

at last the wish descended from the lonely air

and met a child’s sky-turned eyes

Autumn Comes

Magpie Tale 239

Over the trees the wind whistles

Rain dancing down from the darkened sky

And the leaves quiver in fright

Not one wants to leave the branches

Green dreaming, but they have lost

Earth colored now they fall

Echo

for the Honeybee

Calling to the sky

the voice leaps from the mountain

calling to the sky

rounding back with its cry

dancing through the waters

up with the steam it whirs

calling to the sky