Bufflehead

I always knew you
Tucked away in a corner of my world
A flash of black and white
Curved silhouette before you dove
Always there
But in the shadows, too
Slipping back and forth across the line
of knowing
and unknowing

I look for you now

Among the shallow waves
Binoculars trained on ripples in the water
I turn around as you swim towards me

I have found you , I think

But in the same moment
Who have I turned away from?





Julia Rabkin 


Julia Rabkin is a poet and writer who lives between Golden Gate Park and the Presidio in San Francisco. She is inspired by the diverse ecosystems of the Bay Area, and her poems often reflect on the human experience through the lenses of nature and the animal world.
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