Juanita Garcia Vera

The Desert Bare

It is said

The desert is bare

Yet, I see

Life everywhere

In abundance

It blooms

Yellows, reds,

Oranges and whites

There is beauty

In the thorniest

Woody bush

That  guards

Its bountiful fruits

 Prickly Pear

Cacti stand

Tall and stately

Displaying a brilliant show

Of bold yellow colors

Attracting bees

And butterflies

Each paddle

With beet red

Sweet fruit

Rodents make their nest

Atop thorny bushes 

A deterrent to predators

Rattlesnakes sliver along

The sandy path

Coiling their symmetrical

Graceful bodies

While resting

In the shade

Their rattlers warning

“To tread with care”

Scorpions  dash

Across the paths

Their distinctive tails

Like a sail

In the  Sea of Sand

Lizards run

In the midday Sun

Finding shade

In the desert heat

 Leaves and roots

Are minute oasis

Providing water

For thirsty residents

The desert beams with life

 Sit in silence, listen

Without haste

 Behold the canvas

Vast and colorful,

Enticing each

Of the senses

To see

To smell

To touch

To hear 

Breathe slowly

Inhale its beauty

You will discover

A hidden treasure

In every living thing

God created

© Juanita Garcia Vera

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The Winter Night

Old man  Winter dug his heels

Showering the grounds and trees

With sugar morsels coated in ice

Some made long strands

To form translucent beautiful icicles

That danced in the cold wind

The Sunlight hitting at angles

That shimmered colorful rainbows

The rays of Sunlight

Bouncing off the colorless Snow

Gleaming the brightest light show

I quickly walked trying to keep warm

And for a moment,   I was

But the Sun fell beyond the horizon

And all became dark and quiet

Night vermin began to howl

And Snow Owls hooted

A lonely cry

The North wind blew and blew

Against the door rattling windows

And rafters

Locking the door

I settled in, drinking hot Chocolate

Held my body close to the fireplace

Feeling warm and snugly

I closed my eyes

Trying to keep warm

Feeling the cool breeze

Along my back and face

As I snuggled in downy

Patchwork warmth

And smiled remembering lyrics

To words of the  song

“You are my Sunshine “…

Falling soundly asleep

I dreamed   of

Warming rays of Sun

And light so bright

Bathing the fields

Drying the tears of dew

In the path of dying Winter

Visions of saplings peered

Through the blanket of white

Giving way to Spring

And I felt so warm

In light of sweet visions

© Juanita Garcia Vera

All rights Reserved JGV 2018

Wandering

Some people wonder

Why   I love flowers

Waving  in  breeze

And why I   dance   in

April   showers

In  love  with  Spring

I float with wonder

In   all   my   dreams

And   leave no shadow

To follow me

Some people question

The constant wandering

In  ocean’s  ponder

In river’s rumble

In rocks and trees

It’s that I’m searching

And that I’m finding

The hand of Master

Living   in me

 So like the flowers

That dance in Spring

So like the trees

So High I reach

So like the oceans

So  deep   I seek

To find the Master

Working on me

© Juanita Garcia Vera 

All Rights Reserved JGV... 2018

Juanita Garcia Vera