Nature’s Child – Ode to Love and Jordan
Nature’s Child
Like children we laughed so playfully wild
Amidst the forest and upon hills so green
You teased and called me your nature’s child
I made wreaths of flowers for us, King and Queen
We lay and talked then dozed in the warm sun
You woke me , tickling my nose with a flower
We rolled, tickled each other, laughed with glee
Then you held me tight when passion had begun
No love was sweeter, then came a spring shower
Yet still we loved, feeling so wild and free
Our days were filled with laughter and love
Our evenings were spent in quiet and peace
We sat on the porch, and watched stars above
One day you went missing, I called police
Two nights I lay crying in panic and fear
Waiting before they could begin a search
Each day was numbness, a living nightmare
Nights I could not find sleep without you near
Tried to find strength, each call my heart would lurch
The house became so very cold, empty and bare.
Now I sit alone, as the night softly comes on
Cool breeze, touch my brow and heal my heart
The love we knew and cherished can never be gone
We promised, we knew, never would we part
Where are you, on Earth do you yet wander?
Let not my beloved be gone and leave me saddened
Not a soul, not one, have I ever held fonder
Nor one who ever cheered and made me gladdened
As you have done my love, through thick and thin.
Oh! to be within your arms of love once more
Lying in peace and contentment, nature’s child
Feeling the wave of joy like sea on the shore
As an eagle rising from nest and soaring high
Oh! Why did you leave and not say a word
About the reason why, or where you have gone?
Could you not have spoken to me with trust
Rather than to leave without being heard?
My mind is playing tricks on me! What went wrong?
I cannot go on, yet I must, I must!
Yet not now, let me doze beneath the full moon
As we once did together, and let me now dream
Of our days of laughter and nights ending too soon
A soft touch on my arm and in moonlight beam
I see a small lizard safely asleep on my arm
It does not move as I slowly reach my other hand
To gently pick it up and take it inside with me
It must be sick, for it stayed there like a charm
As I placed it down softly on the aquarium sand
I put the cover on and tonight will let it be.
Jordan, my dear little lizard, my only solace
You give me joy in a time of great sorrow
As I hold you and talk and watch your little face
You seem to listen to my hopes for tomorrow
Your head darts back and forth as you observe
Everything around you and explore my arm
You run up to my shoulder, long tail I touch
You turn quickly to see, your tail will swerve
What touched that part of you that is so warm
You see just a part of me and trust me so much.
Jordan, always on my shoulder as I watch TV
For news of my beloved who is lost somewhere
The day will come when you, too, leave me
You run to my other shoulder to stare out there
And sit in the sun as you gaze to the beyond
Through the window you look, ponder and gaze
To land you once roamed when you were wild
I will take you back out to the rocks near the pond
When you are stronger, can build your own maze
Where you can live again as nature’s child.
Three weeks Jordan the lizard I befriended
He survived, grew fatter and so much longer
A call! left for dead, coma, the search has ended
My beloved is okay, each day he’s getting stronger
I must let you go now Jordan, my little one
Love and faith we shared, you are well and strong
You belong in nature, living free and wild
I will find you a rock by the pond in the sun
You can sleep under it at night and live long
You have a life to live again as nature’s child.
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© 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns
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Sounds to me that Jordon is a mighty lucky Lizard…awesome read Phyllis
You know, Kurt, the part about Jordan is true, I could have made it all just about him, I guess. I found him on my arm one night as I dozed on my patio and took him inside. He was so cute, it was hard to let him go. Thank you for reading and commenting, I appreciate it.
A heart-felt and evocative write Phyllis filled with warm phrases and expression. Just a note…4th stanza ‘flied’? (literally a baseball term) Perhaps soaring in flight, or in soaring flight. Lovely work Phyllis.
Thank you, Tony. Glad you like it. Flied? I will go fix that. Thanks.