Most familiar bird wearing
family crest
Cardinalidae.
Sweet whistle
Grosbeak
finding thistle.
Red spy in morning
From behind dark mask
Privy to suet in Privet
Archive for month: October, 2014
Restore my shore.
All tide up and
turned around.
Tumult and fury
blind and blurry.
Storms brought
Windswept thought.
Grain upon grain
shift and sort
Ideas form.
Abate and wait
for
my clean slate.
Rounding the bend opposite Pickett Landfill, I note the tiny carapace (upper shell) of Baby Snapping Turtle- wobbly but making its way across the warm paved path towards a rippling pond.
I put on the brakes, hop off my bike and kneel- wobbly myself, steadying my camera.
For an instant I believe I am Kin, a subtle yet strong sense of imprinting gazing towards me….
My bike helmet (upper shell)!
of course…..