To the wren I disturbed,
Asleep in the porch eaves,
Bundled snug beneath
A November pumpkin moon,
I’m sorry, little bird,
To send you scrambling
Against a white, wooden sky
With frantic, futile resolve.
You ignored the open squares
Of night all around,
As though you were blind
To the darkness itself—
Freedom too spacious,
Too expansive, convinced that
What you could not see
Surely must not be.