Life in the Country

She loves the song of the
meadowlarks, the sight of tiny
hummingbirds cavorting and
acrobatically challenging each other
in daredevil swoops so close to her
head heedless of her presence, the
sight of orioles, the trill of cardinals
and the flicker of woodpeckers
so close to home. To pause
briefly from within this country
haven that is her home, the old
stone-built heritage house
with venerable maples alongside
and to look outdoors to see
her very own Eden before her
fronted by the white picket fence
that had so often appeared in
her dreams before becoming reality.