These days I find more people than usual walking/running/jogging around a nearby lake. "Shelter-in-place but it's okay to exercise outdoors" drives most of them. But nature, herself, hasn't changed, so why not tune in?
Something Lost
Joggers, runners, and walkers
intent on their workout
stare pointedly ahead.
Wires dangle from earplugs
connected to distractors
tucked discreetly in clothes.
With ears stoppered
how will they hear
the songs of spring warblers,
silvery notes of snowmelt,
shouts of kids dashing by on bikes,
the laughter of fellow travelers,
wind tousling the trees,
or the two-note call of chickadees?
The music of life in surround sound
as they pound by, oblivious.
Marilyn Aschoff Mellor
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