Going to the birds...

I pray to the birds.
I pray to the birds because I believe they will carry the messages of my heart upward.
I pray to them because I believe in their existence, the way their songs begin and end each day–the invocations and the benedictions of Earth.
I pray to the birds because they remind me of what I love rather than what I fear.
And at the end of my prayers, they teach me how to listen.
–Terry Tempest Williams

I dedicate this poem to my Mom, who still teaches me how to listen to the birds...

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