And Truth Shall Set You Free

On a sunny day At least seven years ago A humming bird hovered Unsteadily At arm’s length And eye level I cupped my hands She settled in Barbara at my side I held her up to the feeder While Barbara held it steady She fed herself voraciously Still laying in my hands I then lifted her up to perch on the line We watched her Worrying Another flew by She shot after it Into the sky Like nothing was wrong And it wasn’t Two days later A humming bird Flew in the open door circled the room and left us We looked at each other in awe