NATURE

I have walked the golden sand

Set my feet in the lapping tide

Watched the billows rolling in

Across the ocean deep and wide

Studied the waves in my sight

Viewed their ever restless motion

Saw the setting golden sun

Dip her colours in the ocean

I have strolled the cliff tops high

Watched the wheeling of the seagulls

Rested body on sun kissed rock

It’s warming breath to sleep it lulls

The hills they call, tug at my heart

I must climb their lofty peaks

See the valleys spread all around

Then joy in my heart a place it seeks

Grass verdant green and blue of sky

The daisy humble growing at my feet

I stand in wonder to look around

Where crest of hill and sky they meet

The streams gurgle their laughter clear

Dancing over rock and stone

Nature, creation in your embrace

God and I can meet alone

It matters not whether forest path

Or the hills that call to me

Or the restless ocean that will not sleep

God’s handiwork is in all to see

It’s where I meet Him every day

In the beauty abundant of my land

When we can in sweet commune

Stroll its pathways hand in hand

 Nature clothed in beauty garment

Ocean, stream, hillside green sod

I come to you to find refreshment

But most of all to talk to God

Colin Moffett