ACCEPTANCE

Outside my apartment squirrel has worn a spot in the earth at the base of the mesquite. 
He rests there after his busy mornings.
In the shade and cool earth he hardly notices me anymore as I come and go. Its nice to not be noticed, to be that much a part of his world and accepted.
Now there is a downy woodpecker, busy in the tree above the squirrel. He works silently on something unknown to me. It seems strange there is no tap-tapping, and were it not for his little cap of red I may not have noticed him at all.
Even the resting squirrel has paid him no mind.
It will comfort me should woodpecker be back today.
Are there trees near you?
Have you found any acceptance?


Steve 7/29/2018, with a tip o the hat to Mary Oliver.