I Thought...I Wondered

The more I thought...the more I wondered. The more I wondered...the more I thought.

What was she doing?

All alone. Without a mate...an other...a companion...a friend.

Where was she going?

All alone. In the tall grasses that lined the early morning river bed.

I thought and wondered...and wondered and thought.

About she. About me. About we both - there on this day. No one to disturb or distract. No noise. No color. Lost and found in dawn's earliest light.

So perfectly content. So perfectly quiet. So perfectly connected. Awake and alive and aware.

And- I watched as she stepped out of my view...and into the shadows. And - I wondered...as she silently disappeared.