hummingbird lost
I saw him in my garden
suspended above the slender orange blossoms
so perfect
and impossibly quick
only it wasn’t enough
or perhaps I felt it unfair
that I alone should see him
so I retreated, dashing inside to grab my camera
on my return, I discovered he had gone
I have wondered
what it was that pulled me away;
the possibility of capturing time?
or the desire to not be alone
in the beauty of that moment