At daybreak overnight sprinkles linger under low cloud cover. Glistening droplets adorn first touches of spring greenery. White splashes of flowering dogwood and pink crescendos of redbud breathe new life into my winter-weary spirits. Cooper and I rove wooded trails to the joyous chorus of song birds and percussions of a woodpecker. We chance upon the Haw River. I pause and take in the quietude created by rushing water. Cooper obliges primordial urges to explore every scent and sound in the riparian underbrush.
From its perch overlooking the river a Red-shouldered Hawk takes wing to escape our breach of hunter’s code and resumes its quest for food upriver. Undeterred by the commotion a Great Blue Heron stalks prey along the rock-strewn banks of the Haw. My heart races in exuberant celebration of the wild. The natural world most certainly nurtures the primal threads that bind us to one another and define our humanity.
© Ilija Lukić 2015
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| First Touch Of Spring (Haw River near Bynum, North Carolina USA) |
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