Monday, August 22, 2022

making space

you taught us to make space for you

to adjust      physical space 
           books and beds your perches
close all the windows 
      ribbons, bridges, papers your toys 
a room full of twigs and leaves

to slide   routines 
          zoom meetings with bird call
      after school song stop atop ponytailed heads
hourly wipe downs of sills and surfaces 

to open up    purses
vitamin enriched grains
    fruits, sunflower seeds
       millet sprays 
            doctor visits

to shift the spaces in our hearts
       for a curved beak 
for green so green 
tinted with red aquamarine 

for your call 

your name

to nest 

and to grow around the gap you left
when you left. 

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