#4 Condor

Habituated Wanderer

Habituated wanderer, fellow Californian , we meet you here on Canyon's rim
far above the Colorado, far below the tourist buses.
On our journeys, we are travelers, on Plateau Point, we share our perch.
How I envy your eight-foot wing-span, gathering up-drafts you soar for dinner.
How far you wandered, how far we back-packed, to come together, to reach this place.
You raise my spirits with your preening, your comfort here brings comfort homeward.
Thank you for your blessed visit, gift you've given like no other, priceless presence, your comfort's innocence.
We're all enriched in your new homeland. I wish you children without the tag.