Reflections of a Summer Day

Here I sit on a summer day among the pine trees along a mountain side. Looking out across the valley below. I see the colors of summer landscape spread across the valley. In all shapes and sizes, like a jigsaw puzzle of nature. The rivers and roads cut across the landscape to places unknown to me. In the far horizon I see mountains that fade into the blue sky, with white clouds floating across the sky. Like sailboats searching for the wind. The sun filters across the valley floor playing hide and seek with the clouds. Making the colors of nature into majestic summer day. The heat of the day sends all seeking comfort of a summer breeze. With butterflies dancing on the slopes and fields near me. Overhead I observe falcons fly endlessly in the sky, catching hot summer up drafts from the heated valley floor. While near me there are pine trees that stretch toward the sky. Many tall and thin that give shelter from the sun and heat The fallen pine needles provide me with a gentle soft pillow to sit on. A front row seat to natures beauty that encompasses me and the valley below. There is a distinctive sound of the wind which blows though the pine trees. Like whispering to my soul. It refreshes the mind and comforts the senses, with the scent of pine. A time to relax and enjoy the beauty around me. God’s gentle way to guide me though life's journey. To find comfort in these minutes of solutude and of reflection on this summer day. This poem was a memory of a day while I was in survival School for the USAF in Washington State in the 80’s.