A hummingbird once fell out of the sky
"I'm no good at birding", he said with a sigh "Will you help me to learn? I promise I'll try" "Oh, please help me, please! I don't want to die" So we picked up the creature from off of the ground And made it a home that was perfectly sound Then fashioned a feeder with a syringe we'd found Oh, I hope this weak, shaky thing comes around And come around it...kinda did. It stopped shaking and seemed to get quite lucid But the growth didn't last for the little bird kid Oh, how it got worse as he slid and he slid We didn't understand, it was all right there The bird had not for want and care Yet there it was dying, seemingly unaware Oh, how could this happen? Life just wasn't fair So we doubled our effort and then we gave more More money, more goodies, HIS own private door We fought every battle for whom we adored Oh, hummingbird remember how you flew before?! Days turned to weeks turned to months and to years The little bird learned to reduce us to tears He pushed all our buttons and played on our fears Oh, how some things are never as they appear For this bird was a man now with hair on his face He'd stalled out, of course, in the human-bird race And would eventually fade in silent disgrace But do not feel bad for he had OUR embrace He had OUR attention in every endeavor WE were beside him to guide him, our treasure For years we enjoyed him, this BIRDLING, so clever Till the loss - so great, we'd bury the ledger A word of warning to hummingbirds, all That, WHEN in FLIGHT, you head-butt a wall Get up on your own, there is no worse fall Than a life made too easy no one will recall Jed Thorpe, October 2020
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