I Love My Life

I love the wild geese
that come to visit
on cold winter days,
calling wildly
from the blue skies.

I love looking
at the Rockies
seeing layers and layers deep
of higher and higher mountains
layers and layers of consciousness
and submerged unconsciousness.

I love the prairie dogs
that stand up on their hind legs
and scream in alarm
as I hike near them,
waddling quickly
and diving head first
into their holes as I pass.

And when I'm done
I love to go back
back home to Santa Cruz
exhausted.
Then rest on the beach
enjoy the ocean
and the beautiful way
it moves my body
and me.

I love my life!

(several words by Ruselle)