Dream

Dreamed of sailing through
slate blue water to a garden

filled with hummingbirds.

In tiny nests their
bellies resting on the ground.
Feathers teal, fuschia.

Stepping gingerly
towards a plum tree alive with
screeching and flapping

I look up to see hundreds
of black birds, red eyes on fire.
"Hummingbirds, fly now."

Watching a blur of
tiny wings plow through the air
black birds fill the sky.