Strong Hearted Hummingbird

Hummingbird,
Humming
bird,

only the palest
sharks should keep
with you now.
This time,
little tragedy,
you must not
forgo safe harbor.

It had been sung,
from woven perch’s
that
you were intended for
more than this
looming
sphere.

Yours
the trills
that fog
and stars
stood devoted
in
patterns
for.

leeeeettttle
lovvveeerrrrr
llleeelllyyyy
one.

Honey laced filaments,
gathered,
beating,
in
winged
agreement.


Fragrant stamens ache,
beholden.

What great resistance
it takes
not to pounce
to cradle,
to crush
a cheek
into this
alluring

talisman.

Please do-
resist,
that is.

For she has
escaped
the beaded,
portentous
fists
for this long...

and
even
strong
hearts
become
negligent
in
thorny weather.