The Grey Wagtail

The Grey Wagtail

The grey wagtail perches lightly on a mossy stone, its slender form an echo of the stream’s fluid grace. A streak of sun catches its breast, yellow and as vivid as a wildflower pressed between the rocks. Rare as a whispered secret, it slips between us and the earth, not demanding the sky, but content to shimmer softly in the shadows of the river.