This morning the redbirds' eggs
have hatched and already the chicks
are chirping for food. They don't
know where it's coming from, they
just keep shouting, "More! More!"
As to anything else, they haven't
had a single thought. Their eyes
haven't yet opened, they know nothing
about the sky that's waiting. Or
the thousands, the millions of trees.
They don't even know they have wings.
And just like that, like a simple
neighborhood event, a miracle
is taking place
3 comments:
Sweet poem! Take care, enjoy your day and new week ahead.
I love Mary Oliver. For the last 10 years or so of her life, she & her partner spent the winters in our tiny Hobe Sound, Fl
I've always loved this one. Nobody ever wrote about the wonder of "ordinary days" like Mary Oliver could. That anonymous comment above caught my attention -- I didn't know they ever wintered in Florida ... I'm off to do some research on that.
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