Consider the Wildflowers

I remember yearning

For what I have now.

For comforting friendships,

Silence interrupted by

Giggles & laughter that are loud.

I pause in these moments.

I look around.

I marvel at the way

The world works.

How hope, & goodness, & love

Abound.

Some may capture this 

In photographs,

But I try to use words.

I tell you that

It is summer,

It is warm,

There is an evening glow.

The cicadas sing,

The docks on the lake are creaking.

I take a mental image

And look back on it

Fondly.