Hummingbird

The columbine bloomed early this year and has already gone to seed.  My husband and I have wondered whether we missed the hummingbirds because of the warmer spring.  He thinks they are primarily light-dependent for migration, so we are still waiting for them to come through, maybe hang out a bit.  I still wonder whether I missed them.

I must have been thinking

Of hummingbirds

Before I went to sleep.

Last night I saw a hummingbird

In the desert.

It drank from a flower

In the shadow of a rock ledge.

When I tried to show you,

It was gone.

Hummingbirds are not

The lingering sort,

Even in dreams.

You will have to believe me:

I saw it.

Yes,

In the desert;

Yes,

In my dream;

Yes,

It counts.