Searching
Have you seen my nest
in barn’s upper beam
just behind the middle post
hid well from predators
youthful eyes wondering
in an abandoned building
this post an observatory
for owl and clever
wind that dances
grasses and her mind as
she hunts for her young chicks
begging on the beam for evening’s
meal as the surprise of
elements endures patient
meditation on a lower post
Manolis Aligizakis 