An Invitation to Joy

Doing is brought to a halt

With an unexpected glimpse of blue -

A Kingfisher on the wing

Passing swift along the riverbank.

The first Cuckoo announcing her arrival

Invites me to go from my work

And follow her call to a distant hill.

Watching kits play in the warm sun

Takes worry away and brings a smile

As the air is flooded white with seeds of adventure.

A Grey Wagtail under a bridge gathers food

And makes me slow as I drive,

For the first time I notice her yellow feathers

And see how she risks her life attending to her brood.

Feeders hanging in the garden

Invite a stream of feathered friends to be named

And dread descends seeing a fledgling wage his first flight.

As I sit, sweet Summer scents drift into my mind

And I know in this moment all is well.