THE OPPOSITE OF DEPRESSION (no, it’s not Mania)

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Portico 5:03pm

I thrive on The Sounds

of The Birds

especially when I hear

nothing else

but the not-so-far-off shore

of Hawk Inlet

I am released

of all other

concerns

I live through the countless calls

of Avian Wildlife

singing into My Cells

regenerating

My Issuance

of Life