[cjoloveguru]: 721.Snowbird

THE SNOWBIRD



THE SNOW LIKE A BIRD

COMING DOWN ON A TWIGGED BRANCH

SHINY COLD WINGS

MAKE A SONG

WHICH EVERYTHING LISTENS TO

REMEMBERING HAPPY TIMES

AND FAMILY TIMES

WHEN THE SUN SHONE

LIKE THE BIRD SHINES NOW.

SNOW MAKES ANIMALS THINK OF CHRISTMAS

BUT DO THEY KNOW WHAT CHRISTMAS IS?

WHEN THE BIRD FLIES

ITS SONG FREEZES TIME ITSELF

LIKE A CLOCK STOPPING

AND WHEN THE WINGS SHIVER

TIME FLOWS AGAIN

INTO AN ORDINARY DAY.

LOSING THE SECRETS OF CREATURES

UNKNOWN TO US EXCEPT IN SNOW.

SPIDER’S WEBS

LITTLE HANDS HURRYING

THE GREEDY NUTHATCH COMING TO THE BIRD’S TABLE

SHY WOODPECKER, GUARDIAN ROBINS, VULTURE ATTACKING

SQUIRRELS FAST ASLEEP

PLANTS DORMANT

BADGERS HIBERNATING

SNOW SNORING IN THE SNOWY WAY

INSIDE FIRELIGHT, CURLED UP DOGS

CANDLE LIGHT FOR BABY JESUS

MARY, JOSEPH, TWO SHEPHERDS,

TWO SHEEP, DONKEY AND COW

THREE CAMELS AND THREE KINGS.

THIS IS THE STORY OF THE SNOWBIRD

WHEN TIME IS STOPPED

AND THE STAR LIVES AGAIN.


written 2000