A stop on the Waco Sculpture Zoo trail
19Harriet of the Folded Heart
“Hearts Unfolding” by John A. Maisano, 2011 · bronze · given by Betsy and Clifton Robinson and the Sheldon family · Waco Sculpture Zoo, a Creative Waco & City of Waco project, dedicated 2020
Look at her wings. Now look again. She fell in love with Waco and stayed.
Harriet was almost to the zoo — she could see the gates from here — when she stopped to preen her feathers by the river and noticed the light on the water. And that was that. Some birds fall in love with a place the way people do: all at once, and forever. She folded her wings and they made the shape of her secret. Look at her sideways and you'll see it — a heart. She never did finish the walk to the zoo. She didn't need to. She was home.