Pondering

Powder blue, blush, and slate-grey hombre

First morn sky

Slowly melting together

Hours become minutes in seconds

Azure appears

Taking center stage

As the sun rises, lifting the curtain

I think to myself

What an odd pairing; time and nature

And I wonder

Does time forgive

When nature always finds her way

*

Honking, honking, honking

Two Canadian Geese

Pedal the blue

Taupe-toned creamy chin-strappers

Among cirro-form stacked three-tier high

Pillow topper skyline

Feathery plush

Two flocks, one feather, of separate types

I wonder

Do the geese recognize likeness

Do they think like you and I

If not, does the troposphere forgive inability

*

The morning curtain has fully lifted

Two Canadian Geese continue

Honking, honking...

Plummeting; wing-flaps, flicking

Skimming pond scum

Algae mat eaters

One flips, bottoms up

Beyond the surface bobbing

Aquatic plants, insects, shoots

I wonder

Is nature and nurture a partnership

Does one forgive when the other falls short

*

Sitting in the tall grass, I rest my case

Daystar, azure skies wave hello

A pair of Canadian Geese

Honking, honking

Test murky waters extending trust

Time, feathers, nature, nurture

What does it all mean

Separate, together

Linked, apart

I wonder

Should I, too, take the plunge

Diving into murky waters

Will going dark

Mean finding light

Finding peace

Will I finally be able to forgive myself

For situations beyond my control

*

Life

I look around

I wonder

I ponder

And two Canadian Geese paddle away...