Thank You, Cabin

Thank you, Cabin …

your smells and sounds and memories

Comforting me.

Letting me sink deep in the love

of the Saints who still inhabit this place.

Thank you, river,

the fierce and persistent way that you

Flow down the mountains,

the way you nurture ecosystems.

Thank you, hummingbirds.

And flycatchers and wrens.

And violet green tree swallows.

We have lived here together

through so many generations.

Thank you, Spring plants.

Blooming chokecherries and roses.

Wallflowers and alpine geraniums.

And, of course, my special friends,

The shooting stars.

Thank you, rainbow,

you give a gentle kiss goodbye

and remind me that no matter where I am

I am connected to this place

and I am home.