Day To Heal

Mar 18, 2010 by Naomi.

Another day to heal my jaw from which a tooth was withdrawn. My jaw is sensitive to touch and swallowing is not simple pleasure. The outdoor temperature is too cool for lounging in my sun porch but pleasant enough for a quick warm drink and light snack. I feel unusually fatigued and do not romp and dance among the trees although I enjoy watching squirrels scampering delicately along the top of the cedar boards to leap and climb the heights. Crows call in the treetops, swooping down to the street curiously examining wrappings from greasy fries and crusts of unwanted sandwiches. There are insects about, not mosquitoes yet, but I am aware that plants are growing and surely the earth is warming to hatch new invertebrate life. Birds flit among the bare branches, too quick and small for instant identification. House finches emerge from my arborvitae warbling their glorious twittering notes from the power lines – scouting future nests, marking their territory with song. A vee of geese wing overhead pointing toward their nesting grounds in the north. Healing sounds. Healing place.

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