To Be...............................Joy
rose

Joy in the morning
Each day that I rise
Near by my heart and
Never leaving my side
You will always stay
I can hear the rustling of your
Loving soul as it passes
Out of time and into space
Very close you flow to me now
Ever lasting and free to be

photograph taken 2003, California....................................................... poem written on Cape Cod
© 1978 Martha Borders