Blackbird

Blackbirds are common residents in Aviemore and surrounding Cairngorms National Park and can be spotted there year-round. They are famous for their orange beak and rapid hopping along the ground.

I never noticed you 

at home

possibly because

I spent more time

being busy

in a city

but I noticed you

here

some time after I arrived

and felt homesick for the first time

and there you were

on the green grass

with your orange beak

in the middle of winter

they say you are a symbol

of change

and transformation

and you connect

the life and death

as some parts of me

changed and died

even without me noticing

– Mariia

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