At The Lip Of A Flower

A kiss may await

Photo by Shlomo Shalev on Unsplash

Hummingbird hovers
at the lip of a flower
nurtured by its kiss.

I sat watching a hummingbird today as he whirred around the lips of a scarlet blossom. The intensity of his concentration was punctuated by high-pitched squeaks.

His energetic fervor as he probed with his…