The freedom of Gannets

To celebrate the launch of my spiritual poetry website, I am starting these reflection pieces very simply; with some edited extracts from my pocket notebook whilst out in nature with my favourite birds! The short prose and poem were written in the summer of 2020, and the photographs are  my own.

"I am at 'Bempton' seabird colony with its thousands of gannets... standing barefoot on the grassy clifftop, looking down at the turquoise of the sea ... having sought out a place to be on my own with the beauty of this place. As I watch, my thoughts turn to freedom...finding freedom... the freedom to fly and twist and turn and glide in the vast open sky as these magnificent birds do... I feel calm...peaceful...connected to the beauty stretching out all around me..."

 Gannets