Nooks, Nests & other Dazzling Diversions

"A change is as good as a rest!" __Lady Grantham of "Downton Abbey"

diversion

|diˈvərZHən, dī-|

noun

an activity that diverts the mind from tedious concerns.

I had scanned the forest

From within and from afar,

And trees are only trees,

I had accepted that.

But suddenly,

From out of these

There shines a light -

As though a secret passageway

Within them falls ajar,

To beckon me to follow!

And there you are!

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Prisms to the sun

The trees become

At day’s extremities,

Diffusing light at

Dawn or dusk

For haloes in the trees, –

Bursting radiance

From the hearts of these,

Nor wilting with the frost,

Becoming melodies

Of leaf and light

Played on instruments

Of living woods,

Singing silent praises

To the day.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Take heart, my heart ~
For you are not alone.
At last
The notes you sing
Ring answers in your key;
For home is where
The heart finds comfort
And you are home
For me.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

One lucky look,

And then I knew

I'd never want to

MIss a chance

To tuck inside your heart, -

That cozy nook

Where I'm both safe and free

To be myself, enjoy you;

To relish, revel in

Delightful harmony.

〰©Nellieanna H. Hay

Here is a clue for me and you:

When first they meet

Some birds seem to know

For them, what's best,

As they unite to make

A sanctuary nest,

For tenderness to grow into

A willing bond complete.

〰©Nellieanna H. Hay

♥ When life and love beckon ~

Follow ♥

〰©Nellieanna H. Hay

Secret

May you experience all Love's truth, -
So you can recognize its face,
Knowing both its anguish and its ecstasy, -
To lift you up, for having known its grace.

If you clutch and cling, it withers.

It will not enter traps.

Do not try to mold it differently,

It simply will collapse.

Fitting Love into agendas,

Is but to kill its joy and youth

It will exhaust its sweet perfume

And leave mere whisper of full bloom.

If you try to favor only ecstasy,

It gives the merest trace.

Disfavoring all its anguish, no:

Love seeks its own abiding place.

For Love to lift you up, it must freely BE,

However it may be, cherish it inside,
Even if to go, if by its wish or its necessity.
Or for whatever time Love may abide.

_____© Nellieanna H. Hay

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______© Nellieanna H. Hay

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