Dark Beauty

Tall trees in a tangle

where a creeks flows in springtime

running dry in the summer

there in the thicket

in the dark blue shade

the red tanager hides

elusive as a memory

of beauty.

Deep in the shadows

it appears as a dark silhouette until

a shaft of sunlight falls

brightly illuminating

that which I am pursuing

and then I remember

why I am here.

~Kathiesbirds (3-9-2010)

 

Hepatic Tanager at Patagonia Lake SP 3-5-10