Enriching Evening Walk

It was just a little

neighborhood evening walk.

The sun had set,

the western sky tangerine.

I saw heaps of clouds,

indulged in pareidolia —

Carpet of marine fog

was rolling in from the ocean,

painting surreal landscape.

In the eastern sky,

the moon was rising

with illumination spectacular.

Roses and gardenias bloomed —

I stopped to inhale the fragrance.

Finch song filled the air,

swallow birds circled the sky,

as the mourning doves flew past.

I saw chrysalis on the wall,

Smell of pyracantha filled the air,

oaks loaded with catkins.

Chinese rain tree were bare,

with pods rattling in the breeze.

A simple neighborhood stroll,

but it was robust antidepressant,

filled me with ample enrichment.

Please, make nature time

part of your lifestyle too,

enjoy wellbeing, and thrive.