Friday, November 11, 2011

Rain Dance




rain dance 


bird becomes 
tree 
becomes 
wood 
for kindling

we dance for 
rain 
and fly in 
fear

to dampen the
fires 
of need with
prayer. 


It was a piece of wood I found along a dirt road in the once beautiful, but now deadly dry hills of Central Texas last month.  To me it looked like a bird.  Birds, I'm told, are quite scarce in that part of the country these days, due to drought and dwindling food sources.  So I picked it up and saved it.  I held it up with one hand to the dusk sky as if to make it fly, and took pictures with the other hand.  There's really nothing else one can do... 



Poem © 2011 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo© 2011 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo taken by R. Baker at Lake Buchanan, Texas, October 2011.

2 comments:

  1. "Dampen the fires of need with prayer" is so beautiful, Rick...

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  2. I'm so glad you have a discerning eye and saved this lovely piece of wood. It is sad to see such lovely country suffer this devastating drought.

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