Friday, January 25, 2013

Hummingbird Wars


A house surrounded
By emerald trees and hummers
Is where I grew up!

In the grass I read
While they fought sharp and speedy
Wars above my head:

Elegant and fierce,
Flitting, darting past my cheeks.
Fear shrunk then shamed me.

Don’t crash into me!
I thought. Be still! I want to
See how green you are!

Sometimes, on the porch
Ropes, hung with cups of nectar
By my mom, they did.

Then I would watch them
And I wouldn’t breath at all
Until they flew off. 

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