The Balanced Gull: Composure at Lake Erie’s Edge

On the weathered posts along Lake Erie’s shoreline, The Balanced Gull stands steady, its body held with quiet precision above the shifting waters. The muted horizon stretches behind, soft and indistinct, yet the gull itself remains sharply defined—a figure of composure against the restless expanse.
Its weight rests evenly, one leg tucked lightly beneath, the other anchored to the grain of the wood. Around it, other gulls share the posts, yet this bird’s calm presence feels singular, a study in harmony between stillness and balance. The posture is not tense but deliberate, as though the gull knows its place within the rhythm of lake and sky.
In this moment, equilibrium is everything—neither flight nor rest alone, but the pause in between, where presence becomes its own kind of quiet strength.