A Moment in Time

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    A Moment in Time

       A Moment in Time

     

     

    We two had flown far,

    walked the morning long

    to be here at this moment;

    two mallards,

    one green-headed male

    and drab brown female

    descend into the still

    water of this backwater,

    this shallow sanctuary,

    where no other creature

    stirs as we sit

    for hours in our blind

    motionless, waiting

    for this moment;

    witnessing their landing,

    rippling the water,

    then still again,

    two sitting ducks.

    I raise my sight,

    but she signals me

    a silent shhh,

    with a finger to her lips,

    pushing my camera down.

    I could see in her eyes

    she wants these two lovers

    their own private moment,

    as her lovely lips stop

    me from saying a word,

    of us being heard,

    so we too could be

    one with nature…         

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    SavVySam commented on A Moment in Time

    02-03-2010

    I must admit it is so hard to remember my camera during special moments like this..usually it is later and I am kicking myself! Good work!

    knight4696 commented on A Moment in Time

    02-02-2010

    Charles - what a beautiful sentiment ... Nature's love and respect at it's finest ... I must admit though ... I was expecting a gun, not a camera .. but I much prefer the camera .. I'm not much into hunting. ... Very nice job! :) Ken

    The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

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