Easter Sunday Morning

6.40 Sunday Morning

Ashridge  and the birds

pigeons on the roadway

and ducks too

lost for words

clearly after night time

Pigeons know that they

will pick up a good breakfast

At  the start of every day

windless a still offerIng

peace is to be seen

ashridge is now mine

to see and feel

a seminal sign

changes are now happening

blossom everywhere

the Gorse is rich and golden

and birds are prone to share

the early bird catches the worm

it apparently is so

they also clear up road kill

as if we didn’t know

those sleep ins

still in warm beds

are unlikely  to see

what goes on in the country lanes

now in front of me

quietly sitting in my car

a squirrel comes to see

Darting this way  darting that way

he is constantly

timid in his output

but seemingly wants to

see what  it is I am doing

Despite the  morning dew.

the trees are apparently sleeping

quietly in repose

leaning this way leaning that way

this is how they pose

a stillness  not a flutter

One dog walker  he

bare legged is out here seeing

some blue sky actually

the light is quite fantastic

pigments come and go

The odd car plies the roadway

and pigeons  they well know

to leap into the sky space
And come back down to feed

clearly they are prudent in the

ways they choose to feed.