Glowbirds--By Sheikha A.--Pakistan and U.A.E.

Glowbirds

Let us write wise words today

about the size of heaven.

If I were given a piece of it

larger than the sky and earth,

I’d borrow wings from birds

fly over their perch to glow

afore the sun.

I’d find a brave heart of a lonely 

hummingbird, and see its hollow

fill with the warmth of the moon.

I’d wish for opposites

like a river never turning dry

and watch it change the salty eyes 

of a fish to hope.

Let us write miracles today

about a piece of peace 

in a labourer’s crushed tin bowl.

Let us write today

about the size of heaven:

the synonyms for dreams.

Sheikha A. is from Pakistan and U.A.E. and often finds herself in a world of oscillation that most of the times motivates her writing too. She maintains a (or tries to) blog on sheikha82.wordpress.com.