There Are Birds
There is a bird
Called Fear
A huge, dark crow
Screaming over heart-pounding
Wingbeats, holding you too tight
There is a bird
Called Joy
A rainbow hummingbird
Beating wings like the euphoria of
Your heart as you dart and dance
There is a bird
Called Love
A graceful black swan
Gliding over waters like
Angels glide through clouds
There is a bird
Called Hope
A sweet, unassumming sparrow
Always there, sometimes invisible
And forever chirping its song