A Lone Wind Chime Rings

Breakfast for two squirrels

Amid errant flakes of snow

And shafts of sunlight.

Snowflakes and sunshine;

A shifting curtain of light;

Squirrel keeps on eating.

Glowing in the barn,

Olivia and the sun

Light up the darkness.

Across the blue sky

Clouds move imperceptibly

Until they are gone.

Winds roar in the woods,

Moving clouds blot out the sun--

Then-- tranquility.

Fresh pile of wood chips

Lies at the base of the tree--

Zealous woodpecker.

Leaves scratch and skitter;

Dry rustling in the woods;

A lone wind chime rings.

Water on the rock

Rolling gently across it

Makes a shifting film.