Hummingbirds

I was younger when I came to you You rode on a dolphin tail Magic mist upon the ocean blue You took my hand and left gray scale I was swinging from a crescent moon Star drawn monkey bars and soft sand dunes I was wishing and singing a little tune You needed a place to sleep and wanted to water me too So it was Reading palms on the fifty six bus And tying each other’s shoes And it was Paper rabbits in my dresser drawer And nestling into the crook of you I could cut a collage of the things you did Sweet like the butterscotch on your lips Steady like leaning on you in the metro line Warm like fingers interlaced at night And you were wishing me well even when it hurt And picking me the best fruit And you were holding enough for the both of us Peeling and feeding me too And I hope a thousand hummingbirds Will carry you where you want to go And I pray whatever sea tides come your way Strong legs carry you forward and sometimes A quiet sparrow in the corner of my mind Will sing to come home to you --- Hummingbirds - Anju