Picnic

Gathering.

Together.

Different hearts

standing around

in the back yard

On a single day.

Washer toss and bean bags.

Cold beer and Potato salad.

The bbq is fired up .

Adirondack chairs scattered about.

Summer. 

Picnic.

Children blowing bubbles 

and running in circles 

around and around.

Happy to be free

for a few hours.

All of us

Lifted from the quiet 

of our own lives

and brought together

for joy.

The simple joy of being together.