Glancing to the sides
he gazes at the world of now
Looking upward he watches
wild geese puncture the grey skin of a
late November sky
Ahead he detects
acceleration to the grave
Blinking black eyes,
shiny with moisture
espy layers of life
with no tears of woe
Inspired by the Twiglet #307 prompt, “lizard eyes“
Photo by Selin Sahin courtesy of Unsplash
Wind Rush 
Wild geese puncturing a slate November sky is what I saw the other day, but had no words for. Thank you for writing them, LuAnne. And thanks to the lizard. 🙂
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Thank you for you comment, CES. I got to thinking after I posted this that I’m not sure that lizards and migrating geese inhabit the same space. Then again, it doesn’t have to be a literal lizard. You give me food for thought.
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Michigan fauna includes a couple of literal lizards–the five-lined skink, and the six-lined racerunner–according to https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/education/michigan-species/reptiles/lizards–and, on a blog out of Michigan, I have personally observed one poetic lizard–the eleven-lined black-eyed watcher with no tears of woe. 🙂
Thanks again, LuAnne, for the words I didn’t have the other day, when wild geese punctured the grey skin of a late November sky. 🙂
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I thank you so much for the links. Their habitats are somewhat near where I live so I will be on the lookout when hiking in the woods. I’ve never noticed one here. I thank you also for identifying another species of lizard who is dear to my heart.
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I see creatures able to stay in-the-now as good teachers. Humans seldom master what comes so naturally to other species. Maybe that’s why we are so fascinated with the likes of the lizard?
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I agree, Jazz. So many creatures teach us this lesson. I find it primarily in my cat because he is with me so much. I am not sure if I was writing about an actual lizard or a person with a lizard attitude. You’d think I would know since I wrote it, but I look at it both ways like looking at that ‘illusion’ that is both a vase and two people looking at each other. Interesting world we live in. 🙂
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