By Artist Amy Waldrop

February 4, 2025

The Sandpiper

by Amy Waldrop

copyright (2011)

A curious little sandpiper

scurried across my beach

I was certain she had a message

something she needed to teach

- so I watched

she ran to the edge of the water

a determined little bird

this fragile little creature

would become my favorite teacher

without a word she commanded

her brilliant seas to reach

then in an instant she demanded

"oceans, please retreat"!

like a musical note

always perfectly timed

the sandpiper conducted

her symphonic tide

the sandpiper, never still

moves her waters to comply

even standing before these undertows

I know she'll never die

her faith is so strong

she's known all along

God designed His world

to teach the fragile to be strong.

-end-

Understanding the Sandpiper.   You have seen the sandpipers, how they survive, living and breathing in the moment, never thinking about their fate or fearing the rushing oceans. They simply feel the air, sand and energy and they love! Their faith moves oceans and they survive.  You are no more fragile than a sandpiper! Your oceans are of this world, a mere distraction; a diversion from love-to-world.  You found silence and there were no losses or gains!  Expectations left you and those who expected of you disappeared! There was no body! You were no longer of this world! There was nothing to overcome! Nothing to control! Nothing to fear! The pain, a feeling, was fleeting, but your faith endured!  God is in you.  In the moment, you are of God.