Poem: Heron
1 min readFeb 9, 2019
Completely still, the heron fits the world. Why don’t I?
I want to be at ease. Peaceful.
It watches the people swimming upstream.
I watch the heron watching.
Why do I want to be natural?
How could I be anything but?
Completely still, the heron fits the world. Why don’t I?
I want to be at ease. Peaceful.
It watches the people swimming upstream.
I watch the heron watching.
Why do I want to be natural?
How could I be anything but?
‘Let us stand here and admit that we have no road.’ William Empson