Jenifer Nostrand: "Magic"

We were talking about magic
as we drove along a crowded
Sunday highway

when the whirl of wings
made me turn
and a flock of geese
flew over our car
so low I could see
their feet tucked under them.

For a moment the rustle
of their presence over our heads
obscured everything

and as they disappeared
you said,
"I see what you mean."

"Magic" by Jenifer Nostrand, from Bless the Day: Prayers and Poems to Nurture Your Soul, edited by June Cotner. © Kodansha USA, 1998.  

Photography credit: Image of snow geese captured by Morten Byskov (originally color).