Silent sentries
Standing in murky mud
Heads bowed in defeat
Large yellow bulldozers stand guard
Wary of the unified Wood Storks
That have gathered
Muddy, silent, hungry
Unified Wood Storks poised, patient, waiting…
Frogs croak lazily, not realizing
They are surrounded
Fifty strong sentries standing
In murky mud- hungry
Frogs suddenly silenced
Swimming in warm bellies
Large yellow bulldozers nervously
Await their fate
From the silent sentries standing guard
In the murky mud
Snowy Egret
You stood there stoic
In the pouring rain
A torrential down pour
You waited for a fish to come
The canal flooded
The wind pounded you
You shook your head
Wiggled your body
Stood like a beautiful white statue
Unmoving
Cautiously
Patiently
Expectantly waiting
For that morsel to come
Blaring car horns
Screeching brakes
Red light
Focused
Nothing moved you
Nothing distracted your gaze
From the murky waters
Oh if we could be that stoic
Snowy Egret
Unmoved
Focused
In the moment
In the now
Ever present
A life lesson from an unlikely friend
In the pouring rain from the car
Screeching brakes
Blaring horns
Red light
Did you see him?
Jeni McCreary
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