birdwatching

[cassander42]

you can have your SLR
your life list
and your Horned Grebe (#379)

I will take my Herring Gull
dancing in the wind
gliding a few inches above my head
alighting beside me

I will take my American Crow
perched high in an oak
cawing above a forgotten graveyard
a single black feather left behind

I will take my European Starling
thousands suddenly swarming
twisting and churning and turning
a river of black on a blue sky

and if I come upon your Horned Grebe
I will watch him swim and dive
and the way the water glistens on his feathers
blood red washed white each fall

but I will not wait

each step we take is precious
we may never walk again
each breath we take is precious
we may never breathe again

and life is far too short
to ever let a seagull pass you by

(© 2011 Cassander)