Aloof and dignified the giant bird
stands immobile in a small meadow
adjacent a stream deep within
the floor of a forested ravine
as though contemplating when to
move on in its reverse migration
for it will soon exhaust the fish this
stream has provided the traveller with
after its prolonged journey to refresh
its endurance before setting out to
continue flight toward the ultimate
destination where it was born and
retains memory of its origins and the
familiarity and urge to revisit the habitat
best suited to its appetite for life
and so it spreads its wings wide and soars
legs dangling in the distinctive measure
of flight identifying one of nature's
many creations, the Great Blue Heron.
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