“My heart is hopelessly in love

with everything.

It is singing

like a song bird at dawn,

singing to the hearts

in everything,

everything grazing

on the hillsides

and in the meadows,

everything swimming

in the ocean

and the mountain stream.

My heart is singing

to the hearts in everything,

the trees yearning for the sun,

the chalices of hibiscus

filled with the nectar of love,

the honey bees

and the hummingbirds

thirsting for the nectar of love.

There is thirsting

and yearning

and singing

in the hearts of everything

and when this thirsting

and yearning

and singing

is overflowing,

there is dancing,

dancing in the hearts of everything.”

Poem:”My Heart is Hopelessly in Love with Everything”, Barry Hunt

Photo: Barry Hunt

Barry Hunt writes poetry about the natural world and what we can learn by listening to it. He also offers online workshops celebrating the changing seasons and the blessings we find in each changing season. For more information visit: www.afocusonhappiness.com