Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Audubon Corkscrew Sanctuary December 30, 2020

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

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Monday, December 28, 2020

a question or two

What are they thinking you asked 

Answering we'll never know 

But they are definitely thinking 

As they watch us watching them


We go into the nature preserves 

Looking to find them to see them 

Living off the land that remains 

Surrounded by human development 


The raccoon walking our way on the trail 

Headed towards the picnic table 

Knows people often leave something 

Easy pickings if you can get it


The red shouldered hawk perched above 

Ready to pounce on any unwary rodents 

That may search out crumbs underneath 

Watches and waits for us to pass


We are here as part of the totality of nature 

That makes no distinctions or boundaries

Between what people have constructed

And the environment left untouched


The bald eagle on top of the cell tower

Not much interested in the traffic below

Able to see things we cannot see

Takes what we provide unintentionally


And do we even know what we are thinking 

When we experience awareness of them

Grasping onto their world for a moment

Pausing as we watch them watching us

Sanibel Bailey Homestead December 28, 2020