Hummingbirds are Here
looked up
at the moon
a sliver smile
dotted by a star
stood on
the middle mile
with a silent stare
watching clouds
rush across
and disappear
like the wind
life below the moon
is
hard to know
a clock that never stops
changing
one second it’s this
the next it’s that
there are moments
that stop you
break you
and moments
that lift you up
and make you
better
moments that take you
away
and bring you back
down
to the hour
to the minute
to the very second
of birth
the birth from on high
to the earth below
into a world
where every second
of every minute
is a test
and you wonder
what
it all means
where it all
goes
i look at a stone
and it still hurts
inside
would have changed
the ending …
if i could
in the stillness of the night
the mind is a memory
a mess of memories
some of it turned out
some of it didn’t
what does anyone get
but a chance
the circumstances surrounding
that chance
will be different
for each of us
a test of will – the will within
and sometimes
none of it makes
any sense
… until it does
time is now
life teaches you
that
over and over and over again
hummingbirds
never waste time
not a drop
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