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Reflections on Ensay

Reflections on Ensay

Thursday 21st March 2019
Carole Hodgkins

I'm an oystercatcher wild and free
Soaring in flight over the Ensay sea.
I am boldly patterned in black and white,
My orange-red legs are a brilliant sight.

I have a stout red bill and shrill piping cry.
There are people on Ensay and I'm wondering why.
Is it the stillness, the peace, or the sheep,
The house or the chapel, or the charms of the deep?

High I fly over sand and dune,
Freedom and song my good fortune.
Who is the figure I see below?
Where has she come from - where will she go?

I'm an oystercatcher without discontent.
To follow the Master is my intent.
The figure I see is an Adventure Pilgrim,
Who strives like me to follow Him!

To share the earth, the sky and sea,
Companions together in life are we,
To laugh, to learn, to live and love,
And walk with him, our Lord above.

Written on the Hebridean Island of Ensay.