beside my home, on a plot of no man’s land,

there is a dead tree

that has been tall and empty,

save for the occasional woodpecker stopping by for supper.

but today

in the rain

new tenants moved in!

they are proficient house keepers –

keeping things neat and tidy –

model neighbors reminding me of what is really important:

they only take what has been given, and whatever is given they freely receive.

Trusting the abundance of the world

and her generative powers –

Peace Eagles remind me of mine.