Hummingbird 
02/04/2025 

By Lily Creek

Bright
Beautiful
Bursting with life

A pretty thing
That likes pretty things
Sweet things
Colorful things

Flitting from flower to flower
Intrigue to intrigue

Trapped by wants
Trapped by needs
Trapped by everything in between

Never stopping
Never waiting
A prison of motion constant


If only she could pause
A moment, maybe two
For stillness, peace


But if she stops
Even so briefly
She would surely die