Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Sunrise Song

As morning breaks
the baby sparrow
calls for his mama,
flapping like a sigh against the window pane.
My breath tight as a fist, I pull back the blind to see him
and there he is
Like a miracle,
a small downy earth heart
fluttering beside the cracked plaster.
He turns one eye toward me
Black as a river stone
And into that infinity I pour my hope.
Trusting one day
with him
It will burst from the nest
And fly.

2 comments:

Lisa said...

This is lovely.
Fave lines ...
flapping like a sigh
a small downy earth heart
into infinity I pour hope

Yowsa!

Kim said...

Thanks Kavindra. This little birdie has just stolen my heart. I've been watching the mama bird feed him each morning. This morning the nest was empty -! :)

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