the last first bird

the last first bird

by shesa f. irstbird
 
first bird in the morning
first bird of the Spring
first bird tells a story of the gifts that she might bring
first bird stays forever (yes, i know, it sounds absurd)
first bird (someday) flies away: the last of the
first bird
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·        in north Carolina, the end of summer begins the end of hummingbird frenzies.
·        charlotte birds migrate south, and a few yankee birds stop over, on their way to central america.  the whole process (itself) is amazing!
·        as the first winds of fall hint that winter is just around the corner, a few die-hard-alpha birds remain: still guarding, still territorial, yet (occasionally) sharing.
 
nowadays, instead of feeling a sense of loss (when the last/first bird fails to greet me in the morning), i pretend that any hummingbird sighting is the first bird of Spring. 
 
yes, it’s an internal mind-game, but it does turn sadness into Bliss, like a last/first kiss, like this.
 

this morning

grateful

for what just might be

the last first bird

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martino, j. (9.20-1.2022). the last first bird). book 111: Love IS. © 2022 by wellnesseducation.us.