The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed: Hummingbird: Messages from My Ancestors by Diana Raab

---

                               Hummingbird

I have fallen in love
with a hummingbird—
the way she arrives each day
at the red flowers outside my studio
and moves among the petals
as if the next has more to offer.

The nectar, oh, it oozes so gently
while other birds nuzzle their beaks
in curiosity.

She might think I’m foolish
to stare at her
in this wonder and amazement,
as she performs so naturally
and I pretend to be writing a new poem
Beseeching her for inspiration.

But, before I can grab her, she’s gone
On to the next chore, whatever it might be,
maybe reaching for the heavens or
seeking her ancestral friends who hold answers
from the beyond—which, in the end, is all we want.

---