My precious bird

So frail in your strength

I pick you up in my hands

Both of us shaking with fear

You bite …. I bleed

The feeling of your heart

Beating against my fingers

Disappears the pain

Feeling helpless

Not knowing how you’re wounded

Just seeing it’s internal

Tender passion for you

I know my humanness

Can both save you & harm you

Pledging my love

All I know to give

and months later

I take you out & set you free

Beautiful colors catching the sun

Strong wings catching the wind

And I cry – Missing You – Proud of you

Scared for You

Storms in the sky

I look out & there you sit

Wet … Cold

I open my door & you fly in

Resting on the perch

Still there (I couldn’t take it down)

The door stays open now

You are safe here, free here, loved here

Flying in & out as you please

A steak of brilliance

And power

We both know each other’s ways

Fears, vulnerability

We remember

My precious little bird

Joy in motion