(Final, 10/23/2020, 16x20, 300 dpi, 58,442 strokes)

Bloom and Bird

(Green Heron)

Something swims in the water,
leaves only its shadow.
I see it best when I don’t look.

A fish could make a shadow.
But from whence the shadow,
if there is no fish?

A moment,
A turn of my head,
Then wonderment at my own shadow.