Pattern (v2)

Pattern is bird feet in mud.

No, pattern is finding bird feet in mud.
Pattern is looking at mud for bird feet.
Pattern is no longer seeing mud, only bird feet.

Oh, that I have lived this long
and never seen the bird do its mud dance,
though I have watched the mud stage
from across the river and atop the hill
from distances beyong the fear of shy bird
Only to have seen a single bird, or maybe two
Shyly sneak to the dancing place
To scuttle out to the water's edge
Sense the world watching her
and scuttle back into the tall grass

Oh, that I have lived this long
and never seen the bird
do it's secret mud dance,
that is pattern.