And in the quiet, a sigh, a breath, the whoosh of the birds wings above my head like an exhale.
The earth is returning to itself. The relief is wrapped in the birdsong, the deer’s silent footfall, the fox stealing by my porch, the wild turkey by the roadside.
It’s as if nature is coming out to see why the world has become so hushed.
And in this silence we return to the beginning. To a time without distractions, without endless errands and events to attend. we return to our own homes. Our own families. Our own selves.
And we sit with the silence in joy, in grief, in happiness and in sorrow. We sit with the anxiety, the hope, the love and the distress. And the only sound is the sigh of the earth all around us as nature says ‘let’s all take a deep breath’....and start again. Nature is reclaiming us all.