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SPIRIT
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since 2002-12-29
Posts 1745
California Desert

0 posted 2008-11-10 04:37 PM


Hummingbird

I am encircled
By hours of darkness,
So many of them
In each and every day.
I sit within the stillness
Listening to the silence.

My woman is gone
She was my hummingbird,
How wondrously she filled
Our lodge with glory and joy.
In age she slowed
As if she lost use of her wings
But her beauty never diminished.
It was such an honor
That she loved me.

She was my comfort,
Her warmth a blanket,
In her presence I felt
...far more than I was.
Always a source of great wisdom,
Within her she possessed
Such power to comfort me,
Even in my darkest moments.
She gave me light.

My lodge is empty
For it is no longer
Filled with her laughter.
How I hunger
For her touch.
Soon...He whom we thank
For the blessings
Of our being,
And for the bounties
...of Mother Earth,
Will rejoin us
My hummingbird and I.

Such a small, delicate bird
That quivered to death
Within my arms.
She rose as spirit
Leaving me behind
...an empty shell
Of the man and feared leader
I once was.

Without her hovering
Around me... how empty my heart,
My son, our son
Is the Chief now,
The warrior, the fearless
Who will lead the tribe,
On their nomadic wanderings.

While I?

I am encircled
By hours of darkness
So many of them
In each and every day.
I sit within the stillness
Listening to the silence,
Until her wings I hear again.


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Margherita
Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
Eternity
1 posted 2008-11-10 06:36 PM


How extremely poignant and beautiful! And such a sensitive tribute to your Hummingbird!

But while waiting to be reunited, you may rejoice in feeling the soft touch of her wings upon your shoulders and within your heart.

Love,
Margherita

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

SPIRIT
Senior Member
since 2002-12-29
Posts 1745
California Desert
2 posted 2008-11-10 06:46 PM


Thanks for reading - purely fictional

Dinah

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California
3 posted 2008-11-11 01:59 PM


Fictional or not, it is extremely touching and beautiful.
                                Ida

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215
Realms of Light
4 posted 2008-11-11 02:37 PM


Oh, how I love to read your spirit stories.
I've missed them.
I always read your poems at least twice. The first time through ~ is eagerly in anticipation of what lies ahead. The second read through is whispered slowly as I absorb the images and experience your words.

Love & Spirit Light,
EA

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
5 posted 2008-11-11 02:46 PM


Yo SPIRIT,

This is excellent writing.  It's well written, and meaningful.

Bobby

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