The Great Blue
meditation on a great blue heron
I love his presence.
His absolute stillness;
aura of solitude,
sacredness.
His long-legged patience
in the wind-stirred pond.
Gracefully at one
with everything;
wholly attuned
to every moment, movement
above and below the surface.
His watchfulness, sureness
despite the drift of time
and summer clouds,
into the split-second
he spies and elegantly spears
a shining fish,
and flies off
in his Great Blueness
to a nearby bank
of cattail grass
to feast, and rest.
Colin Goedecke
on Kitchell Pond
Loantaka Brook Reservation
Convent Station, NJ
July, 2016