My Mind Was Full Of Ideas This Morning Poem by RIC BASTASA

my mind is full of ideas this morning
while i am walking alone
on the grassy path of this mountainside

i am so tired. I take my rest sitting on a log
rotting under a tree.

i gaze on the ricefields just below this hill.
some white herons as usual fly low
some sparrows regroup themselves and
scatter in an instant like a confetti of dry leaves.

the sun comes out in glory
proclaiming though its reign on this corner
the gumamela flowers on the side of the hills bow down
and bloom again

i am amazed on the beginning of this beautiful day.
The butterflies flutter on the bushes of white petals
of these wild flowers. I see a nest with three small white eggs.

the sound of waters cascading on the creek.
some leaves are carried away. A fish jumps trying to catch
a low flying dragonfly. Some dew begins to lose their
glow on the bamboo leaves.The law of evaporation gets in.

Lost. I am so empty.The window of my heart is open.