Night of the Owls: Collaboration With Poet Heidi Sands

The owls hoot in chorus to each other where I live Wisdom spreads in the night, tree to tree, through darkness How true it is, such wise thoughts are not seen but known By those who choose to learn in the course of life I heard the flapping of wings one time, as one flew toward me It landed on a tree nearby, hooting messages in the silence I listened intently as other owls answered from a distance Then my thoughts rested, leaving only one thought behind Gently I sat on a nearby rock, to listen more to the hooting The air was calm, smelling life within the oak trees I could feel my heartbeat thumping in my chest I could feel Gaia’s life force vibrating on my feet A kind of phenomenal magnet was attracting the birds They were coming from almost all trees to perch close to me I wasn’t frightened at all; I was calm as the owls went on hooting Our souls were somehow connected to the rhythm of the universe As my soul was lifted with the chorus in the trees Enlightened from the crescendo of their soothing hooting They seemed to sense my presence, sitting here alone As more came along to join the music in the Oaks They flew, they perched and they found me, their audience here on the hill But, I was one with them as the silence was broken A message of unity came over me, hoot by hoot, with each moment Calling to me, as I listened, while their wise message resonated within Teddy Kimathi and Heidi Sands 7/14/17