OVER EXTENDED

 

 

Two cylindrical hollow stems cast shadows of truth down upon the water surface.  Below the water surface the reality of the tall grasses is not what is revealed from above.  Is the truth about the rushes evident from above the waters surface?   Can it not be seen that the once strong and healthy structures can no longer support themselves, much less another being?

Penetrating below the surface is not given any thought.  What is convenient is what is real.  The rushes will be used.  There is denial that any connection exists.  Absolution of responsibility sets in.  There is no integration perceived by the Red-Winged Blackbird.

The rushes collapse under the weight.  They move further away from their once centered position, a place that gave strength to all those involved in the collaborative community. 

Now the Blackbird is without the support or connection of the grasses.  It is on its own and over-extended.  Will it look down below the surface of the water to see what can be revealed about its situation, or will it simply look at the surface and see only that it is no longer supported?  Will it fly away without giving thought to the destruction it has caused to the community (and thus itself) for the sake of its ego? 

The over-extended Blackbird tells today’s real story of egocentricity. 

 

Getting real should mean going beyond the surface of the water into the depths where the tall hollow grasses are rooted.

Upon first glance the hollow grass seem to be just that, empty.   By looking beyond the hard stalk exterior of the rushes, what is exposed is that they are filled with the echos of completeness.  The open spaces of these narrow containers call for the Blackbird to come back to help and built a link between the broken stems, binding the two to form a new and authentic connection.