By Chisel Run
An osprey
Floats over
Our bench
A small moment interpreted.
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu
Seen to Soar
Above the dune
Osprey overflies
Appraising glance
Circling over the ocean shoreline, a choreography of aerial flair.
“And it is alright, take it as it comes, you will find a way, to get there.” – Graham Nash
Provisionary
Simple flux
Continuity flowing
Essence movement
The coincidence of human consciousness occasionally encounters transcendental wonderment.
“These intimations suggest meaning is more pervasive and primordial than its conscious apprehension by our linguistic consciousness.” – Vincent Colapietro
Soaring
In the air
Fying high
Rapidly above
Not bound by surface constraints.
“Soar with wit. Conquer with dignity. Handle with care.” – Criss Jami
Manifest Discourse
Free connections
Seductive maneuver
Phase development
Osprey’s circle the sound on an engaging summer evening at the end of the Currituck Banks Maritime Forest Boardwalk Trail.
“Inevitably every discourse is revealed in its own appearance, and is hence subject to the stakes imposed by seduction.” – Jean Baudrillard
Glimmering Vast
Eternal note
Murmuring responses
Free as waves
The ocean never grows tired. Stare it down and nourish what comes near you.
“Heading out this morning into the sun, Riding on the diamond waves, little darlin’ one.” – Ann Wilson
Return of the Osprey
Fish hawk
Journey wild
Above coastal waters
A sure sign of spring, the Osprey circles over the shore and surveys his seasonal kingdom.
“I spend a lot of time just listening to the ospreys. I watch them go through their life cycle.” – Alan Lightman
Within the Existing
Wound up spirit
Precursory phenomena
Immutable essence
The sunrise experience is made consummate by a passing osprey.
“The artist dwells in the circumstances the present offers him, so as to turn the setting of his life (his links with the physical and conceptual world) into a lasting world.” – Nicolas Bourriaud
On its Way
Intimate evocative
Rhythmic rhymes
Brighter later
A pink ocean morning comes complete with an osprey.
“The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.” – Sarah Addison Allen
Day Break
Morning air
Elemental forces
Eternal sky
The effort to get in position to observe the sunrise is always rewarded.
“Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.” – Henry David Thoreau