VIDA . . . LIFE . . .

A green jewel paradise

ant eaters, 

monkeys, moving skies, 

iguanas, birds,

squirrels, trees,

doves, tigers, a strong breeze,  

pigeons, vultures, 

herons and humming birds

butterflies, quails

sun and rain,  

the turtles walk

step by step 

swims the sloth

at sunrise, sunset

the wind sets free

the bats at night 

don't want to sleep 

the sea, two seas 

the tico land

the story, history

the quakers' land

good people, ticos 

kind care givers

of land soil 

of mother earth 

the palm trees, ferns

and  water drops 

that form the waterfall 

where I'll go last 

to bathe and swim 

and feel alive .  .  .