Hummingbird

I am shaken beyond time

with the love that flows out of me

I have no other desire than to see

you again

My body continues to burn

shedding layers

lighter and lighter

I shake and tremor

I am completely out of my mind

with passion for the love of a man

and his voice

when your songs cue up

my whole body prepares to take you in

intoxicated with aural pleasure

I can't explain it to anyone

I am alone in love

they see but don't understand

all I can do is ask you

will you help me if I fly

into your window

and get stuck inside

unable to find the escape hatch

I will keep crashing into the glass

again and again

until you embrace me gently

cupping me in your palms

holding me inside

like a hummingbird

tiny, green and quivering

you take me to the window

overlooking the rolling hills

and you release me

I fly

free at last

back into the verdant Spring

surrounded by the light

wildflowers and ocean waves

we are home

Part of a Creative Writing Project: Letters to Geographer 2015-2016