Natural Phenomena Like Sunlight and Birdcalls.

The riddles whispered By the far sea And empty shell Reveal primal words In secret song.

The heron’s mad glance Offers subtle hints; Sly knowledge In scribbled pages Of an ancient book.

The slow round turtle And winter lizard Care little for us; Our ponderous clouds Dapple the sun In streaks of gray.

Sunlight and birdcalls embrace no such ego; The stitches on the loom Enfold the world Like wings.