Such a ripping of the air!
Such a cacophony of sound!
All at once, from nowhere,
a flock of geese splashes down.
The waters leap up to meet
webbed feet. Wings flap
and fold. And before you can
even catch your startled breath,
they’re settled, and silent,
floating as if they’d been floating
for hours, as if their grand entrance
hadn’t awakened the entire woods.