wren
Soma Shyly I held her out to you,
all may love, curled snug
in the palm of my hand,
not a shimmering hummingbird
but instead a bashful wren.

She ruffled and opened out
into her quiet grey beauty,
Her eye looked into the forever
within your gaze.

All the minerals
in her bones, every placating feather,
all the wind's wild songs:
I handed these to you.

You looked but
didn't see. Then you saw.
Then you turned away.
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