When Was I Ever
Dark at last
A stunning revelation
That life is never sweet
enough to take you back to those times
With eyes closed, a cooing penetrates
Imagined comfort of a nest
Until a startle, sharp as night
Feathers scatter, wings tremble
Bend against a wind that carries you, but
never back to where you were safe
Because there never was a safe place
Can you hear that heart resting
Taking cover where peace can be counted on
The martin, its babies
dashed on the pavement
moves still, bringing insects by instinct
when the nest is empty
never knowing it’s not enough
to bring them back from the ground.
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