Friday, September 23, 2011

Daily Shifts

Another angle of 'Cheemah, Mother of the Spirit-Fire' statue.
Jack London Square, Oakland, California.

Daily Shifts
9/22/11

Here it is, Autumn Equinox again,
with too few nuts squirreled away
while U.S. economy continues to falter,
where I sense stress in others,
myself, world in upheaval about future
filled by oppressive uncertainty looming large
in minds of those once prosperous,
or seemingly so on financial graphs
having now gone south, unlike birds
instinctively readying themselves for long migration
who understand survival at core level
within every cell of their makeup
waking each dawn to same directive,
shake feathers clean of the past ,
beat wings in air for flight,
be absorbed by miraculous present moment,
let future rush under as gusts
lifting them up on adventuresome journey,
adapt to changing weather, environment, landscape,
fearlessly calm going about one's business,
hunting, hopping around trees and branches,
then moving onward to next horizon,
doing what's needed throughout timeless dance
as unique individuals within great flock,
also teaching humans value of pausing
to appreciate seasonal and daily shifts.

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