Nature Rhymes Poem by John Mark Siklere

I came to dance
The night away;
Fireflies and burning spray.
You can dream
in a thunder storm
neath the dirt like brooding Worms.
Living lightly on the edge.
Now I see the flow'rs emerge.
The Lion's roar; Creators sword.
A natural gosple
the hunter's paw.
I climb the mountains to the top
and call Reality to bed.
The beauty is right here in your eyes,
feels like mountains of white ice.

The blue, blue sky and golden sun,
I love to see the brown Deer run.
The rivers slide,
The Eagles glide
And you can hear the Monkeys lie.
The fishes schooling in the sea
the birds are chirping on the tree
The Rhinos snore
the cheetahs’ war
and you can tell that the cats are bored.
I sail the ocean to the end.
The Desert mocks the Camels back.
The Shark is waking from a nap.
I'm walking through Jurassic park.

The honey bee and singing lark,
The termites eating Noah's ark.
It is cool on the other side,
lying still in a python's hide.
Who can beat the spider's craft?
The boatmen sailing in their raft;
The beaches teem with turtle eggs,
The crab is pinching Eva's legs.
I rode these thoughts into the clouds
and made my mounds in firmer heights.
To think I saw some
dizzy Mites;
far away from flying kites.

Alas I tried to settle down
My bride appears to me at dawn
My feelings fly,
my bride is shy
While aunty Betty is baking pie.
The alligator's shiny teeth
I bet he'll shy away from wheat.
The goats don't quit,
the llama spits;
the hippos turn in the muddy pits.
I join the chorus of the stars,
the whales trying to show their class,
the serpent's hiding in the grass
I'm flying like a shooting star.