LESSONS FROM NATURE

 

Lessons from Nature

by Billy Gilbreath, Guest Writer

                                From Acorns

Alive, growing and still standing strong in the elements

Quercus texana, the famous live oak, the sturdy one

Unlike, others, its liveliness is always present by color

 leaves, tough, the branches seem sturdy and strong.

Those roots must be embedded and giving support

                                   That Daring Finch

Swinging on the feeder, a sock like, filled with seeds

Even the wind, doesn’t prevent its desire to succeed

Though the rewards seem small, the effort is present

Below those present pecking and gulping the obvious

The large grains, the broken ones and those falling

Falling from those above who continue with struggle.

                                       Others About

Awaiting without patience and without an invitation.

Those who become warriors and rush to interrupt

Taking, fighting, scaring away those who struggle.

Soon to leave, leaving the hidden for those returning

Grackles, Surely they must ha have an ecological purpose

 

                                      Prairie Dogs

Still around and still giving a lesson to be learned

Working together to warn of danger, signals

Below the surface with so much organization within

Returning to the openings with moments of clearance

Sharing their abodes with one of a different specie

Yet, suffering to survive the interruption of progress.

                                      Lessons

WE  find a lesson in each of these perhaps not obvious

A challenge for all as you considers and contemplate

Surely, Nature presents a lesson often not seen.

Ponder,  as those of old and even receive a lesson.

Billy Gilbreath

Fo rMIL'S January 16, 2021