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Moonbird

Your life is made of distant springs and falls,

a straight route is not

what you own

for hurricanes and storms divert your path

to new horizons.

 

Will you find horseshoe ***** mussels, clams

on the stopovers?

Food awaits you

if the shores are not ravaged

by human greed, ignorance.

 

Your resilience is written in B95's ordeals,

a mosaic of adventures ingrained in his own cells.

 

The threads of your trips assemble

the places of Mother Earth connected in its roles;

nothing is detached in the collective harmony of souls.

 

Red knot shorebird,

peaceful messenger,

icon of strength without rage,

your story is the universal flight of awareness

waiting to be heard.

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Written by
julia-hones
Published
Jul 29, 2018
Lines·Words
20·112
Notes

Red knot shorebirds are endangered birds due to human greed and ignorance. B95 is a survivor who has traveled the moon and halfway back in terms of distance.

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#mother#nature#survival#endangered#species#moonbird#life#death#migratory#bird
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