"Your absence has gone through me
 Like thread through a needle
 Everything I do is
 Stitched with its color." W. S. Merwin


Bird in Flight

This morning I am like

the small gray bird asleep on the sidewalk

waiting for the moment to lift my wings

and fly off.


I pray for your soul in flight

singing as it races toward the light

I pray to the God that is part of you,

part of me, keep your song alive.