Waiting

Standing on a leg

A heron on the shore

Far at the horizon

Sun hanging at low

Both calm and still

Watching the waves

Of the peaking high tide

One waiting for hint of prey

Other waiting

For the end of day

We all are waiting

Though we may not show

Restless anxious

Detached or drained

For some spark

In the hard pressed snow

Of our staid lives

©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar