BIRDBATH wood sculpture by Candace Knapp
24 inches x 24 inches x 13 inches Photo Bjorn Andren
BIRDBATH
I’m very careful stepping into this water.
It’s cold.
I turn my head and look for hawks.
I listen for dangerous sounds
rustling in the bushes.
This is a vulnerable moment.
I slide watchfully into my sixty fifth year of life.
So this is what it feels like!
The water slips beneath my feathers
and I shimmy a little...
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
It feels pretty good.
I crouch down and let it roll over my back,
slip around my neck and then
I dunk my head right in
and start flapping and wiggling.
I step around in a flamboyant dance
forgetting about danger
forgetting everything that was holding me back...
OH I am so alive now and so clean
There is a freshness that makes this birthday
a whole new beginning!
So nice. And oh so very appropriate on your birthday. Hope you had a happy one!
ReplyDeleteWell, it is a new beginning. This is the last quarter of our lives ... and possibly the best!! So glad you feel this way!
ReplyDeleteViveca
As I approach my 65th, this gives me a wonderful perspective!! Thank you for mapping the territory in such an elegant way = )
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