Today I am grateful I am grateful for the blue in the sky and the white in the clouds I am grateful for how they look like cotton fields for god's clothing I am grateful for the birds, their hop step and for their soaring I am grateful for their chirp and squawk and tweet, their gathering of things, their nest buildings I am grateful for the bees, their buzzing how they nestle in each flower, collecting I am grateful for the life they bring Today I am grateful for the breeze, the sunshine, and the trees I am grateful for the greens, and yellows, especially the fuchsia flowerings I am grateful for reds and browns, for the sturdiness of the ground I am grateful for the rocks they remind me more than anything else that I too am strong I am grateful for the strength that hides within me in this body that is so soft, so fleeting, I can do anything With gratitude in my heart I fly high, for I too am a bird, a bee I am a flower bloomed, not yet wilting I am a rock, something sturdy Today ...