Never to Be Outdone

This is the only bird whose note affects me like music. It lifts and exhilarates me. It is inspiring. It changes all hours to an eternal morning. - Thoreau

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nominative to the sun

synchronically bound and free

a bird of paradise spread its wings in a tree

i saw it and it saw me

both subject of us and predicate of we

together punctuated as one

never to be outdone

for eternity

Author's Note

"Each new year is a surprise to us. We find that we had virtually forgotten the note of each bird, and when we hear it again, it is remembered like a dream, reminding us of a previous state of existence. How happens it that the associations it awakens are always pleasing, never saddening, reminiscences of our sanest hours. The voice of nature is always encouraging." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Mauricio Montoya]

You're kidding me, I love in such a short piece you can't out do nature but life will.
Thank you for sharing

[Pete]

thanks mauricio. happy new year. don't forget to occasionally look up in the trees ... :(

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! This has deep meaning. You are awakened by nature, birds of a feather and the New Year. I wonder if they keep time like humans?
You are soaring and soaring, sir.

[Pete]

thanks ever so much. release the pigeons my good man. sky's the limit ... :)

[Sami Khalil]

I agree. You are welcome sir Pete!
Peace