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SPRING AFTERNOON
Red tailed hawk
Screeches across the brilliant blue sky
looking for her supper.
Two geese silently come to rest
along the creek bed.
A dove in the near distant trees
calls out a love note seared with
longing.
Closer by, an inchworm makes her way
Up the leg of my lawn chair.
And who am I?
Just a witness,
to the immense beauty
of an afternoon in spring.
A soul caught between
The inch worm of earth
And the hawk of heaven.
In the thick and thin lines
Between being and becoming. Maryann Joyce enjoys bringing creative expression to her work
as a retreat leader and spiritual director. She is a cancer survivor
and finds it a privilege to companion those who have experienced
loss or illness.
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