Stay Awhile Poem by Robin Perkins

Stay with me awhile before you fly
And feel the blowing kisses of the wind
The creek is singing a lovely lullaby

Listen - - hear the water drips? It runs by
The cracks, through the rocks and tamarind
Stay with me awhile before you fly

Orchids bloom in season and petals dry
Wild roses grow, and glow with ties that bind
The creek is singing a lovely lullaby

I sit and wait, content with clouds and sky
Kaleidoscope shapes, fluttering - - time suspend
Stay with me awhile before you fly

Sunset orange net: Where has time gone by?
Like golden arrows of the sun that blind
The creek is singing a lovely lullaby

Ah, my brother is here - - wait, by and by
His shadow - - gently holding out his hand
Stay with me awhile before you fly
The creek is singing a lovely lullaby