Obscurely yet surely backyard birds
simple & further from corruption with
the wonder of wings call us to praise
A sparrow caught & fluttering in the
mechanism of the feeder’s perch
gave a forlorn cry & lay still
resigned to futility Carefully I
reached a gloved hand to manoeuver
her free concerned her injuries fatal
Wondernumb to their comings &
goings I was still struck as her
loosened body shockingly gone
to a distant tree needed no pause
for recovery doing then & always
as she is called to do
Photo by Tobias Roth on Unsplash
Thank you! Beautiful!
The simplicity of the moment. “Wondernumb” at the observation of not needing “recovery” from the trauma of the day to do what we are called to do. I needed to hear this today. Thank you.