Sleeping Bear

I drive throughout your countryside and see

the deep dark forest with the trees that sing

their music through the streams and air to me

and all the other mammals, fish, and beings

who feel delight and share in all your beauty.

Who can deny such elegance and charm?

Demand I for each soul to give all fealty

and pledge to fight all enemies that harm

divine manifestation of the pure

which also shows through hills and dunes of sand!

I loved you so and felt an urge so sure

to offer you forever my poor hand.

But you could see my soul was weak and bare

and dreams are all I have of Sleeping Bear.