Birdhouse

This birdhouse looks inviting, doesn't it?

Perhaps it's even a bird hotel,

a gathering place,

a perfect place to host a family reunion.

I thought I'd put this picture out in blogland,

and send it mentally to my local avian community,

hoping the birds will know

I've got their welfare at heart,

that they really don't have anything

to lose by waiting just a millisecond more

for me to focus and click the shutter

before they fly away.

I keep my camera right by the window

next to the computer

and yesterday I couldn't get it focused

quickly enough to photo-enshrine

the hummingbird

or the goldfinch

each of whom had stopped to rest

in the uppermost branches of the vine maple,

not more than eight feet

from where I sit when I write.

Come back!

I want my friends to see you.