Vintage Words & Vintage Jewels: Birds of Paradise

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The glow of the sun
peeks
and dabbles upon your

Tall

          Thick

stems.

 
The bush birds
peek
their heads through 
your boat-like
blossoms.

 
South African winds
convulse your confident 
stalks and as they 
whip around,
birdwatchers search frantically
for their binoculars.

 
As the sun climbs
you patiently wait for
a winged friend
to unknowingly
continue your reign
of beauty.

 
The coolness of nightfall
hovers over the Cape.
A photographer captures
the portrait of dependence–

 
            You

               And your birds.

Two species,
One name:
Birds of Paradise.

©daniellemiele

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