New Year On the Bird's Wings

Someone touches its pink and red feather The bird is still in a buoyant sleep Ashen darkness floats in the air In the predawn air the bird breathes deep Is the sun a little bigger today Is the orange more eloquent The sunlight fondles the wings in the nest of hay The wind blowing is silky and fragrant Light spreads like your jasmine smile The bird along with its handsome partner Flies and flies many a mile In the daily pursuit of food and water The New year sun sits on the pool Saying me goodbye at my window Diffused sunlight looks cool In the wind roams whispering snow With you a good lyrics that I may write Let me do it right away From the birds’ wings the departing sunlight Will soon go away January 1, 2018 New Year Poetry Contest Sponsored by : Janice Canerdy