frayed margins

frayed margin between

world and world

waters and land

gill and bubbled air

vacuum and atmosphere

electric and magnetic fields

solar wind and conflagration

sentient and non-sentient

conscious and unconscious

what we know of life and

why we exist within the universe

whisper against stone

whisper against stone

whisper against stone

yodel down a canyon

your thoughts, your words

your song is clashed, buffeted

fragmented and echoed in mutated

form to the sentient and non-sentient

who or which listen or ignore

or are indifferent to what

you have tried to convey

who or which are curious , or not

about who or what you are

except if you may prove a danger

that may rock their world

the world that cares, or not

absorbs or ricochets, takes note

or continues its own existence

whisper against stone

and believe what you will

how important you are to the universe

fledgling flight

fledgling atop nearby utility pole

having succeeded in first flight

from the osprey nest

with those sprawling wings

he could barely raise at the elbows

now muscular enough to lift them

and they in turn have lifted him

i did not see that thrilling flight

(how i wish i could have)

but know now it was made

i can only wish him well

as he must soon establish

his own life in a world

made awkward if not dangerous

by interfering (wo)man