One Heart, by Li-Young Lee

Look at the birds. Even flying

is born

out of nothing. The first sky

is inside you, open

at either end of day.

The work of wings

was always freedom, fastening

one heart to every falling thing.

From Poetry of Presence, An Anthology Of Mindfulness Poems, Grayson Books, 2017

Curlew. Half Moon Bay, California. July 2020

Pelicans. Half Moon Bay, California. July 2020