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Hummingbird
December 17, 2018
Fear engulfs me
But I try to let a word
Flutter off my tongue
Like a hummingbird
Still, voices in my head
Keep drowning it out
So this diminutive bird
Has its doubt
It wants to soar
But its wings are broken
It wants to chirp
But it’s never spoken
My voices
Advise the hummingbird
To fly away
But, it will never
Reach the sky
Anyway
Who says
You incompetent fly
With a beaten wing
When fear wraps
Around you
Like a nest round a bird
Who says
Your chirp
Will not get heard
© Lina A., Worcester, MA
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This poem conveys my feelings when I tried out for the school musical as a shy teenager. I had to find courage from within to overcome something that was completely out of my comfort zone. I visualized a hummingbird speaking to me as I walked up onto the stage. As I fell into a sub conscious state of comfort I was suddenly free of my fears.