"I'm Trying to Be More Aware" by Johny Widell

I’m trying to be more aware of

the water flowing in Otter Creek

and the trees reflected on its surface,

the silvery branches, thinly decked

bright early green

against a blue cloud-puffed sky

Not long ago, I looked

across the puddled field

on the other side of the road

at a heron, sitting tall in the marshy grass.

Then taking flight, gliding

barely above the grassy ground

and rising quickly over the creek

to become part of the reflected image, the

newly leafed trees, the blue sky

and a couple of deep and dramatic

grey-white clouds.