My Valley
In my valley lit with suns golden ray
I sit and while my time away
Watching the grass bend and weep
Feeling streams current run swift and deep
Gliding my fingers in waters calm flow
Wishing to stay.. never to go

In my valley cooled by whispering breeze
Shading myself below elegant trees
On my eyes shadow and ray tease and dance
Feeling sun play through leaf and branch
I exhale my darkness, unchain weight unseen
Open my heart to the welcome serene
Being one with myself, the earth and the sky
What purpose my valley is not mine to ask why

In my valley etched so deep in my spirit
It echoes from time to time for I hear it
Inviting me back to release and renew
To absorb and evolve in its color and hue
Perhaps to shed life's discomfort from me
And find as my valley, the beauty to just be
Sher Richardson
Copyright ©2005 Sher Richardson

18 x 24 inches in colored chalk