Ardea Herodias (Great Blue Heron) (for Dad)

from Live and Beyond! by Nick Fagnilli

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Dedicated to my dad, Ron Fagnilli, for his love of and oneness with nature.

Animal sounds recoded at Cape Henlopen State Park and Bombay National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware.

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by Colleen d'Alelio

As the sun rises,
the breeze blows the humidity across the sands,
combing through long dry grass
like fingers through salty hair.
In the curve of the bay, where the lighthouse stands,
Cape Henlopen State Park wakes with the lap of the shallow water.

Snails dot the sand banks like moles,
swiveling across wet, crunchy palms,
collecting in tide pools, absorbing the heat of the sun.
Pebbles collect and form trail ways, trails for snails,
to follow the stones, and their slimy hearts, back to the bay.

The colors that erupt from the setting sky
paint the wings of shore birds.
Mounds of sand sit shifting in the long shadows of the decrepit watchtower,
and the wooden fences, and the long dry brush.
Horseshoe crabs migrate to the shore,
dragging their tails gently along the snail trails,
like ships, their smooth outer hulls gleaming,
under the mood lighting of the sand-soaked stars.

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from Live and Beyond!, released November 15, 2019

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