Sunshine and Shadows

A warm and beautiful mid morning walk. I stopped at the corner, walking away from my house. Turn right for the park or left for the road? If I went to the road, then what? Where else could I go but the long route to the park?

It sounds worse than it is. Decision made, I head toward the park, immediately cheered by the green and pink and purple of the trees lining the street and the flowers growing in bed near the houses.

Sunshine cools in the shadows of the trees

Streams splash gently over stones and children’s voices call from the nearby houses

It’s mildly busy with others

Strolling and smiling and moving aside

We all work to stay safe,

to protect each other,

to rest in the peace of the ever changing trails

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