Volunteer Voice: The Illusion
-Written by Munib, 3 month
volunteer (introduction by Rachel, Field Staff)
Recently
we continued our current run of exciting jag news with our first sighting of
the year! Two volunteers and a staff member had gone down the beach to set up
cameras on a freshly killed Leatherback turtle. It was just past mile 14, which
is 3 1/2 miles from base, so there was a debate about whether or not to go, but
the opportunity to get more shots of the jags at a Leatherback kill was too
good to miss.
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A photo from one of the camera traps, taken whilst the team were on the beach
Having set up the camera the team decided to
wait close by, just in case the jaguars came back. After about twenty minutes
of waiting, the vultures exploded from the vegetation-a sure sign that a jaguar
was close by. The team crept along the shoreline, binoculars poised and ready,
and were rewarded with seeing two jaguars, and watching them for about an hour.
It is a rare thing to see the jags and so this was a wonderful experience for
all involved.
The second jaguar trying to drag the Leatherback.
Munib has
written the following poem to describe the expeience.
The Illusion
‘Paradise
doesn’t exist’ they said,
‘Magic is a
misconception’ they said,
‘Dreams lack
reality’ they said.
Each step on
a grain: an epiphany,
Each breath:
a gift.
A confused
mind took a step, a deceptive heart sunk.
In the
distance she lay in deep sleep, in the distance the slayers creep
A beating
heart knows…or does he?
He
believes…but do they?
‘Paradise
doesn’t exist’ they said,
‘Magic is a
misconception’ they said.
Moments pass,
the wind swirls,
Soaring
slayers signal a sign.
A beat..,a
breath..,a feeling encapsulates the mind
The illusion
is real…or is he?
Each crawl
sprays the sand, each look an expectation,
Each crawl a
spray of expectation, each look a strain
The whispers
of the sea summon you, the shadow of the forest calls for you!
None you
shall heed to for the illusion is real!
Close your eyes
for the diamond shines bright,
Open your
eyes for the illusion is in sight.
‘Paradise
doesn’t exist’ they said,
‘Magic is a
misconception’ they said,
‘Dreams lack
reality’ they said,
‘Life is an
illusion’ they said, so keep dreaming!
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