One Night
for CK
Our hero chases a
a white hummingbird
no bigger than a fingernail
down a dirt road into a canyon
of sunflowers
He lunges for the tiny bird
misses, falls , hits
his head on an ancient stone
which is the gravestone
of his mother
Now the bird returns
buzzes our fallen hero
cradles him in it’s wings
which are the arms
of his risen mother
But that too is a dream
(9/5/2024)
