The Glove

Photo by Matt Seymour on Unsplash

~was heavier than what it shielded me from

I have long been fascinated by raptors, the birds of prey. I hid myself in the woods as a child, waiting and watching for a glimpse of their magical flight.

My dad, an avid birder, still has a stack of field guides to hither and yon next to his windows facing the woods. I learned early lessons in diversity from those guides. A jay is a jay, one…