It Takes Nerve…

Climate Change, nature, Personal Reflection 1 Minute 
I took a photo of a fabulous 
                                white magnolia
           petals so extended, so righteous
And a great yellow jug of lily
          offering its nectar 
                            unconditionally.

I walked by tremulous honeysuckle
                                   such shy profusion -
         those tiny eyelashes agape.

And that flock 
of tiny birds who dart in arrow's head
until formation flips and disappears
in the purple eternity 
of a lake at dusk

In irritated sweep
          a cockatoo head rolls
               yellow crest flat back
wings in confident space
  avoiding the chickering attack
of a little willy wagtail
           and the shrill mockery
    of an unaccompanied mynah.

Even the bean tree
   found its voice this year
          - articulate with blossom.

It takes nerve
    this showy display
 year after year
          despite endless abuses

Published by abigfatcanofworms

We all walk in the dark. But if we hold hands, perhaps the dark won't be as scary.

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