I feel the sun warm on my skin, some days it goes all the way into my bones and meets the colder, aloof places in me and dissolves them.

As I walk through neighborhoods the brilliant colors of flowers and the voluptuousness of squashes and pumpkins growing in yards amaze me. The latter spreads its huge blanket of leaves to create a green landscape across the earth.

Passing under a pine tree in the midday sun, I am spoken to in the voice of hot-sweet-pine scent, the greeting of this tall being.

I look into the eyes of love in my friends and family, their hearts visible to mine, and I am grateful for their company on this life walk I’ve undertaken.

All of these things speak to me this day.

Jyoti