when you own a dog
or any animal when you live
with them
and really observe them
it changes you
it changes the way you look at nature
the gull is no longer a gull
but a white bird
that sees itself in the water as
it flies a bird
that flocks among others
that finds a
passion in its own kind
an overriding passion
the reason for
its life
that is what you see when
you live with animals
and when we go to heaven
if there is a heaven
there will be gulls and birds and bison
they will be there
