Passersby
Cruising by an osprey nest
perched atop the channel marker,
we suspend idle chatter
to crane our necks
and even stand a bit off-balance,
hoping to glimpse
the nestlings shielded
beneath their mother’s wings.
Does the osprey
despair of sputtering diesel
fumes invading her tranquility?
Does she wonder about us?
Disquieted for a moment,
does she continue watching,
as we do, uneasy–
conforming to life’s patterns,
while harboring fears of
life’s eventualities over
which she has no control?
Diane de Echeandia writes poetry and short stories. Her work has won awards in competitions sponsored by Christopher Newport University, Asheville Writer’ Workshop, and Pamlico Writers. Her poems have appeared in SUNY Delhi publication,Agate; The Skinny Poetry Journal; and Pamlico Writers’ anthology – A Carolina Christmas.
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