This moment is
a good moment.
Let me rest a
bit here
before
the sun
peeks it’s golden
globe
over the
eastern horizon.
Let me rest in
this twilight,
this sacred
in-between,
this stillness,
even before
the birds
begin their songs
for the day.
Let me not
rush ahead
with worry &
planning.
Let my eyes
absorb the orange
light
as it reaches
into the blue
sky of a
new day.
bd burton
3/16/2025
Some days I like mosquitoes better than people.
I know, you're like, “Are you crazy? Mosquitoes suck your blood.
They spread all kinds of diseases. Malaria, West nile, Zika and
many others.”
Yeah, that's true but Mosquitos don't know that, They’re just being
who they are. They suck blood to survive to procreate they’re
species.
As a species, humans seem to like to kill each other. It started with
throwing rocks at each other and then shooting arrows and spears, to
guns and bullets, to airplanes dropping bombs, and firing
missiles, to nuclear bombs that can wipe out not only all of us
humans on earth, but also all mammals, birds, reptiles,
insects including mosquitoes.
I don’t hate people. I love my family and friends and most people
I meet on the street. And certain individuals have called out for
non violence, and have developed cures for diseases, and work
compassionately to care for the wellbeing of others less fortunate than
they are. We can do good things.
But there are some days when I like mosquitos better than people.
Not everyday, but some days.
bd burton - 6/15/25
The sky is falling
(2/11/2025)
I have a spider bite on my foot
& it itches.
I want to scratch it
but I already did that.
it's all red & puffy.
I placed a cold wet compress
on it.
I watch some news to distract
myself. (bad idea)
now I think the sky is falling…
The president did this, the congress
Is divided and does nothing, A billionaire
who bought the election has access
to all our data, half the country is in an
uproar, the other half is in shock, as
thousands of people lose their jobs, women
& men in africa will be dying from aids &
starvation because the president
stopped the aid. All the farmers that voted
for him are upset because the price of grain
has fallen because the president stopped
the aid. etc, etc, etc.
I turn off the news and my foot still
Itches, I still want to scratch it & now more
than ever I feel like Chicken Little and think
the sky is falling..
bd burton
On my 67th birthday
I started the day as usual by taking
my blue eyed
husky
for a walk around Silver Creek pond. We look
for the mother duck and her ducklings. We
stop to watch the swallows going this way
and that way and listen to all the birds
singing their early morning tunes.
The maintenance man working on
one of the high school ball fields calls out
“That's a handsome looking husky you got
there.” I call back “He is a good boy, and he
likes to get out early for his walk, although
sometimes I would prefer to stay in
my cozy bed.”
He laughs, I laugh. Our early morning
laughter seems to harmonize perfectly with
the songbird tunes for this morning.
It’s a good way to start my 68th year on this here earth.
bd burton, 6/4/2025
Walking the Tall Grass
If you walk in the tall grass, say
in June,
when the grass is waist high,
you're going to be stung by something
or another.
But if you dont walk in the tall grass
you’ll miss all those wild
flowers
showing off their palate of vibrant colors.
& you'll miss the 15 swallows performing
aerial acrobatics
eating some of the things
that would like to sting you.
bd burton
6/24/2023
