I Have Been Lucky

I have been lucky in life luckier than most one can say In the beauty i see around me every day Pink and white blossoms are blooming on the leaf budding fruit trees And the songs of the birds carrying in the freshening breeze That blow up the hill from the park by the bay And in the mostly blue and sunny sky just a few clouds of gray The countryside looking lush and green after the recent rain With such pleasant weather how could one complain Such beauty an artist or writer to sketch or write would inspire Of singing Nature's praises one never could tire In early September the first month of the southern Spring The nest building wild birds chirp whistle and sing And Nature at her finest is all around me Such beauty that one does not pay for to see.