Heartsong
Teach Me How to Bird
Teach me how to bird how to slowwalk the woods
how to train ears to take the lead
and eyes to observe life in motion
Teach me how to bird
how to give name to the trees,
name to the Twinflower, name to the tisk-tisk,
how good it feels to honor nature in this way
Teach me how to bird
and I might tell you about the two Nuthatches
I watched mate on a tree limb, how I felt
the familiar flutter of it all
Teach me how to bird
how to soulwake early and expect wonder
how to slowfall in love with this world just as it is
on a spring morning full of heartsong
— Holly Lamond
