So, now I had two spiders,
With which to start my
day,
"Aha," I thought, "I'll tell no one,
Lest they come take me
away."
But every single morning,
When I was out of bed and
up,
I'd rush out to the kitchen,
And grab my coffee cup.
I'd sip my coffee at the window,
While staring through the
pane,
Then I'd try to gauge the distance,
That over night each one had
gained.
It was miniscule, of course,
Often times I could not
judge,
Sometimes they seemed in limbo,
And had not even budged.
One day their lines became entangled,
And closer, closer
came the pair,
How sweet, I thought, they'll help each other,
And show how
much they care.
I wondered what would happen next,
As the two threads
became as one,
I could not see where the first one stopped,
Nor
where the second had begun.
Such funny, tiny creatures,
Swaying, playing in the
wind,
Bouncing, pouncing, dancing, prancing,
Of course, I had to
grin.
They enjoyed one another,
I could tell that from the
start,
You know the feeling that you get
When something's touched your
heart.
I spent many mornings watching them,
As I drank my coffee
down,
But then one day they'd disappeared,
Both of my spiders
gone!
I looked in vain; they were nowhere,
And no slender, silver
threads,
I felt horror mixed with sorrow,
Were my tiny spiders dead?
In great distress, I hastily dressed,
And raced outside my
kitchen door,
Perhaps a closer look would find
What I was looking
for.
I found the limb where they had been,
And I saw
some rocks below,
Then with a stick I pushed and poked
Until
the rocks began to roll.
And beneath some shiny, tiny stones,
I found the
answer to my quest,
For there were my two spiders,
In a cozy, spider
nest.
More than a dozen baby spiders,
Were crawling round and
round,
Shocked and startled, I jumped back,
Though I admit I was
spell-bound.
"Well, ain't nature grand!" I said to me,
As I replaced the
rocks,
"As long as it's where it belongs,
Outdoors, where God hath
wrought."
Creepy, crawly creatures
Are not my cup of tea
And up close and personal,
In no way appeals to
me.
But from a distance, I like to watch
Their funny little
ways,
Amazed how God has fashioned them,
To spend their spider days.
Virginia (Ginny) Ellis
Copyright February
2006