What does peace look like to you? Lying on the grass in Siberia on a hot summer day
My wall mural, found an artist to paint this

Written in 2009

I awake,

to trills of the

 maroon breasted songbird,

to  rosy fingers of Dawn,

painting blazing golden embers

across her vast canvas.

I rejoice,

in the whimsical dance

of sunbeams.

In the mild taste of

spring

And the ambrosial fragrance of

dewdrops in early morn.

I live,

for cumulus clouds of castle walls,

for chimes in E minor,

for the aroma of

lilacs and hyacinths.

I sleep,

to the lustrous glow of the moon,

 to the howling wind,

and the dying song of the nightingale.

To  the hypnotic sway of branches,

lulling a soft lullaby,

as I slowly

                        fall

                                    into

                                                a

                                                            deep

                                                                        slumber.

Tranquility.