Never too young to see the birds
Through binoculars,
To learn their names
And learn how to track the sound
Of their call
Here! A blackbird has seen you
How do you know?
Can’t you hear it scolding?
The Robin, see, he’s sitting
High in the pine tree
Surveying his realm
Look! Look properly,
Patiently
With eyes and ears and soul and that part of you,
Akin to intuition,
That muscle needs flexing
It need unfurling
Like a frond of bracken
In the bright Spring air
Take up the task of learning who else shares this village
With you
Me and
The other Humans who we do not see
The jackdaws
Pigeons
The Tawny owl
Whose terrible jet-lag makes us laugh
The deer
Whose prints we find in the soft morning mud
The hares
And the shrews
Badger scrapes the lawn
Go
Now you’re big and trustworthy
The world is not so scary
And the world is
Liminal
So beautiful, yes and true. We need to pass on our knowledge to the younger generations. Not just book learning and technology, but the basic things and cultivating a sense of curiosity and wonder ♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️
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