Constance La France Poet Haibun

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Haibun/For Life and Eternity
Copyright, ID #, 1837341
All Rights, 07/14/2026, Constance La France
Plagiarism Prohibited

Penned, July 14, 2026/  Human Written
For the International Contest, Pyramid of Peace
Sponsor, Ink Empress, Judged 07/31/2026

"BEAUTIFUL"

For Life and Eternity

A few days ago I was sleeping when I heard a lot of bird singing outside my bedroom window.
I opened the curtains and saw a Red Male Northern Cardinal hovering his wings whirling.  I did
not know they could even do that ! Did you?  He was staring at me and tweeting his loudest.
Then, I heard another tweet as he spun away so fast.  Going to my porch window, I saw the 
most beautiful bird, I have ever seen.  This female Cardinal was so heavenly and sublime to me.
She must have been painted by God, with a tuff  of red on her head, red strip over both her
eyes, some black around her bright orange beak, she had a gold hue with muted red feathers
all over,and of course, the male was a vivid red. They landed on my flower pots, railings, 
hanging plants, coming and going for many hours.  When she looked at him, there was such
love, she seemed to be telling him, "kiss me when the sun sleeps" I felt such tranquility . . . 

when cardinals come
angels from heaven hover . . .
with life messages 

The love these two displayed reminded me of the love I had for my husband and though he
has left this realm, I whisper to him, I can still feel, "your fingers around my soul." A true love
is for eternity.  I cannot get the images of the cardinals out of my head. What message did they
have for me, what spiritual message was in all those tweets, and the beauty of that female will
haunt me all the days of my life.  They left me breathless, for usually I have to go into the woods
to seek out such beauty, but it came to me this time and I will always treasure that.  One thing
is for sure, I have a great peace since that day . . . 


a vision to hold
a treasure to lock away . . . 
a riddle to solve 

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