It makes you feel more than lucky,
blessed maybe, honored, humble,
to happen on a little squad of baby geese,
no more, I’d say, than a couple days old,
intently studying this brand new world
with all its colors and scents and motion.
I try to imagine seeing it through their eyes,
their instinct telling them what to eat,
remembering where to find it.
Little do they know, these little ones,
the magnificent adventures that await,
that they will one day mount the sky
on great wings. and travel with these
grasses far behind them to new lands.
It is enough on this fine afternoon
to be here, in the warm sun, studying
this green birthplace, and remembering.