Where Mini Crab

scurries over shells

between my steps

 

Where Forest

dangles her damp vines

down to my breath

 

Where Marsh

pulls his salt 

up to my nose

 

Where Egret 

flaps her wings

past me over reed rows

 

Where Dragon Fly

buzzes by

my ear to my knees  

 

Where Flying Fish

jumps up to tease me

belly flopping onto the creek

 

Where Sun

begins to hide behind

her treeline veil

 

Where Owl

hoots at me 

to head back down the trail

 

Where Twilight 

gently nudges me

to beat the dark 

 

Where Surely

we’ll meet again 

Teddy Roosevelt Park

 

 

© Candice Reineke 2022