On The Back Porch

a red tail hawk

in the white puffy clouds

soars up high

into the sunny pale blue sky

where it circles slowly

enjoying the windless time

suddenly it disappears

five minutes later

I find it flying

over the grassy hill and trees

across the highway

over the brown river

the river turned brown

because of last nights rain

swallows fly around the house

the trees in the yard

the unmade trampoline

the recently mowed green grass lawn

I am sitting on the back porch

for the first time

since I got my power chair

it has been at least six months

I could not get through the door

Josh and Todd put in a wider door

now I can enjoy the sunshine

fresh air

by simply rolling out on the back porch

a mountain bluebird

quickly flies by