The Sparrow, Like Everyone
A storm has been here.
A storm is coming.
Air currents argue
east or west,
hot or cold.
The sparrow,
like everyone,
knows it’s not over.
But a stomach is to feed,
and she flaps mightily,
David meets Goliath in the jetstream.
A wing is belief.
Two wings are proof.
But she loses height
in this fight that is not about her
or her hunger.
The air tosses and flips her,
backward as often as ahead.
Still, the sparrow belongs to certain truths.
Her wings are not for the still ground.
Her wings are not for the dizzying surf.
Each feather, tailored for its place and purpose,
is a streetmap of hairs and filaments;
Nature’s plan here is not a casual one–
A wing is belief that flight is possible.
Sandwiched by outer space and gravity,
sparrow is a creature of the air,
which for days has been ugly and angry.
But the sparrow belongs to certain truths.
And the sparrow, like everyone,
knows it’s not over.
—WT
This is an old poem. It was made into the short film of the same name about thirteen years ago. Nice to rummage through old files and remember!—Wren
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