Hummingbird Moment
In one heartbeat I learned the truth.
Before, I was ignorant as a puppy,
as an early model robot hoover. Until
the adults laughed at my
following you around. They knew
your wide blue eyes made me
flicker like a lightbulb
about to expire. They knew
I was a small planet circling
the sun of your smile and,
one heartbeat later, so did I.
I hung there like a hummingbird,
floating above the knowing
that it wasn't safe for me
to love another girl.
- Phyllis M