A Hummingbird's Rapture

• Ruby Crook-english, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2014

Sweet swallows dive,
With the breathing of the wind
Air whistles through the empty mountain,
Constantly seeking yet never finding
On the edge of their eternity
A hummingbird's rapture
Casts shadows on the puppets of the ground
The empty leaves whimper wistfully
At the the edge of their eternity
Blossoms are cast aside in the wide arc of wind; and take knee
Dancing among the lovers speckled on the sand
At the edge of their eternity
So come dance with me
While we have this earth
Let the music carry you away on wings
At the edge of our eternity