Two

Two One guards one builds Two rabbits craft A home beneath mint And lemon balm That clears and soothes Dark earth erupts Obvious Ears reach and twitch Sensing for danger She watches patiently Curiously As he toils Trimming strands of green Into bundles for bed And sun baked strands As the walls of the nest Are gathered Placed so delicately With intention Woven As burrow is blended Into the scene With this attentive care Hidden He labours in exchange For her labour Her warmth And she can now rest And feast Recover her strength Groom every length The tenderness he shows And resolutely she knows That every nuzzle He gifts will release her Every nibble of blade Shows the pride he has made Whole To keep her safe He hops to and fro From beginning to end They are mirrored in intention They shape this space of closeness Together to veil unwanted attention To their blending Under the pull of the moon As it begins to rise in twilight At its fullest and brightest And a cycle returns The cosmic tide Under water Two

An Eastern Cottontail observes her mate and eats as he prepares a nest out of grasses around the entrance to their burrow in twilight as the full moon approaches. (Sylvilagus floridanus)

2024 Nikon D3500, 55-200mm Lens.

Photographed in situ, without the use of artificial lighting or staging. Photoshop only used for resizing.

1024x685 300dpi GIF

Minted for the Tezos Art Commission for July 2024