Today, I’m going to live the life of a squirrel…

Today, I’m going to live the life of a squirrel…
Be a mere fluff of fur…
Dodging to and fro…
Always keeping safe distances.

I’m going to run full speed through the needle-filled floors of the forest…
Climb the tallest tree…
Skip among the leafy interior…
And take a fresh look at life each and every minute.

Hey! As a squirrel, I can bark with my mouth closed!
Crunch an acorn like an appetizer…
Eat a beetle entree…
Three or four chomps and it’s gone.
Time for course three!

After an adamant shake I’m back…
My hair-do now a fright…
Time to steal some love…
That’s why I’m trying to climb you like a tree.

Can’t you feel this power inside you?
Sticking to your heart like a barnacle to a rock…
When we are one with that feeling, it is like an extra lump of sugar…
And we can look at each other with each other’s eyes.

I love you,

Annie