Outside My Window

Outside my window
sunbeams flatter
a ribbon of heather
where butterflies gather
Outside my window
the silent broken cries
of starry eyed children
peering into good-byes
Outside my window
rapping at my door
a noisy woodpecker
at his smörgåsbord
Outside my window
by the roadside
the homeless are sleeping
with motionless cries
Outside my window
the wisest of men
stare trembling at the future
where their children will den
Outside my window
are mountains and streams
and brazen sunsets and
people with dreams
Outside my window
together in view
are all of God's children
with rivalry imbued
Outside my window
new life has begun
blue and pink ribbons
for a daughter or son
Outside my window
feared legends do tell
entombed ill stories
driven like hell
of a man and his greed
right down to this day
shall forever be uttered
the old song of mans way