Nature’s Casserole

I ask for splendid summer nights
And pray that I shall live
To dine upon the brilliant sights
That nature has to give

Grant me time to taste the sky
And nature’s casserole
To sample heaven’s a la carte
And satisfy my soul

Pile daisies on my plate
And sprinkle on some dew
Perhaps a side of butterflies
A hummingbird or two

Bake a pie of orioles
A dish of ocean sand
A velvet sunset in a bowl
A red one, I demand

And later on, the sweetest smell
That ever drifted by
And colors that, so beautiful
Evade the human eye

So fill my cup with sunshine
And top it with the breeze
And I shall toast the mountains
And salute the sacred seas