Friday, May 11, 2007

Waiting

One white doe is ready to kid. I see her lanquishing in the shade, panting more than the heat demands. Her udder looks full. Her eyes sleepy. Her sides bulging. Twins? The buck rubs on her. I wonder if that is some natural wonder that we humans have lost.

One time I was home during a kid birth and the only way I knew something had happened was the cessation of sound and activity in the farm yard. Silence. A few moments later when I checked on the doe and she had her newborn there, I remembered the stillness. And knew they all knew. Attunement. I beg to be attuned as the animals are.

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