things that won’t make the news today:

the low-growing thrush covered in clusters of flowers,

the lavender-spiked grasses, overlooking like towers

things that had nothing at all to say:

the wind that teased at the water’s surface for hours

and the soft, cool clattering of this afternoon’s showers

things that didn’t alert or trend:

zebra-striped fish jumping, startling dragonflies above

brush wrapped around the shore like a mother’s love

stories that too few recommend:

the journey of the sun from one end of the sky to the other

how the pines look to palmettos and call them brother

©️ Cristen Writes