From The Owl, by Louise Driscoll:
If it were not for you and your long cry
I might forget
How very old the world is, and how long
Song after song
Has gone like a silver arrow toward the light
Tinted with rose and purple at the breaking
Of the day and night.
Did you know that
the endearing, heart-shaped face of the barn owl
helps the nocturnal bird
to pick-up and amplify sounds
as it silently flies
over the night landscape?
For the love of nature
– XO –
LSF • WW • FWP
