Nature’s Wisdom
From the window I marvel at the
Flash of a white tail between
A hedge of bushes
And suddenly a herd of deer
Materialize from between the leaves.
Or at the soaring shadow that crosses the field
Before the crow appears
Riding the breeze
In the distance, a Cardinal warbling with its distinctive
Water sprinkler song
Its scarlet feathers against emerald leaves
Always brings to mind a color wheel.
Today is the second time I’ve seen the fox
In the front pasture
Halting and tentative in its movement
Before furtively disappearing into the tall grass.
And at least twice a day,
the horses sail towards the barn
Their regal confirmation powered by muscular limbs
While the sound of their hooves striking ground, thunderous
That juxtaposition of sight and sound so remarkable.
But it’s at night, when my isolation is evident
The velvety darkness pierced by a single
Point of light.
A lone lightning bug making its presence known by
Tracing patterns of intermittent light at the window
As if to say you’re not alone.
Sometimes I feel like an interloper in this space
As this is their territory
Watching, I attempt to recede into the landscape
Neutral and inert like a rock
Yet in awe of the ordinary goings on as the teeming landscape
Continues to unfold.
It’s a place of immeasurable calm
No need to fix, control, or change anything
Where life continues unconcerned
With petty gossip or news of war
Where I can rest as simply being in this
Kingdom of extraordinary things.