I Saw a Cardinal Today
Cardinals… the vibrant red ones
How do they know?
Just the right moment
When our heart is so full.
Just past sunrise
On a wooden fence
Right next to the driveway
I stared in awed silence.
Courtesy Erin Calamusso
He knows I guessed
Knows my brain’s on overthink
Even with my soul so blessed
All the days behind me
Coming to an end.
Remember my road trip? In Muncie for marching band performance. I watched rehearsal the night before, bought him snacks and clean laundry! In Toledo for ultimate frisbee tournament. Nice to have another driver on the way home. Selfie after playing pickleball.
I saw a cardinal today
The bird of hope and light
It knows what I need
At this moment in time
As I dared to move, its eyes on mine
The bird that always signaled
My angel watching over
But it was peace…
This time it was peace!
I really needed to stop and pray
To say thank you God
For all that’s gone well.
Adapting to grown-up boys
Grateful they’re kind young men.
The cardinal fluttered away
As quickly as he appeared
But so much soothing calm
filled my body made me smile
Maybe it was a sign
My guy nodding and knowing
how much it all meant.
It’s been two days
And I still say I saw a cardinal
The vibrant red kind.
Something made me start as poetry, then it just kept flowing, no punctuation, not sure where it was going. I never write this way and for two days I’ve tried sentence structure and story prose and whatever else we call it. But no; this is how I’m sharing, folks. My apologies for not writing along the way…never opened laptop but schlepped it into motels to protect from 90-degree days! I climbed a lot of stadium steps for two days and walked across grassy fields two more to be with these guys…don’t blink! And never, ever pass up an opportunity!
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Be well, be happy, be kind! With so much love, Joanie/Joan ❤️
Cardinal pairs remind me of my parents, every feather found a gift from, a "visit" from them. I have a beautiful little pottery vase that holds them ...with gratitude.
The song brought me to tears, my children now grown with beloved children of their own, some far away but always close to my heart.
Your adventures are grand to read dearest Joanie. There is no doing "better" needed. YOU already are by showing up and being present to your dear family. That's where your treasure IS. Oh, I adore cardinals, and we have an abundance of them where I live. Still haven't found a red feather. I believe they have a secret stash of them hiding somewhere. XO Big hugs! ❤️