Employing the Wind

Employing the Wind The red-tailed hawk sails across the backdrop of the April blue sky Employing the wind as he defies gravity with the gesture of his tail and ease of his conscience His great wings reaching out for abundance as he scans the ocean of green grass below with its occasional island of trees herded together many seasons ago from the might of the farmer’s plow The field mouse scurries across the pasture circumventing the patchwork of cow patties. Employing the wind as he gages his path with the twitch of his nose and the whip of his tail His tiny soundless feet carrying him into the abyss With nothing to assure him but his own intentions.