I watch you from my window when my heart aches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your scurrying, scampering madness,
feet rushing rapidly, then nose
jabbing into the fresh morning dirt\u00a0
in search of buried treasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes you fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A frozen moment–
fluffy tail extending,
head swiveling,
little body soaring
effortlessly through molasses air,
toward the bird feeder,
your eyes filled with hope
for what cannot be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other times you hate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When your rival slinks forward,
those eyes sprout malevolence like ivy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You launch forward,
the peaceful critter coming alive.
Savagely, playfully you twist around the tree,
unleashing that primal fury of the fae,
bark raining down like tears, hail, fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your thrilling, territorial game,
bestial tag amongst the cutest of God\u2019s children.
You\u2019re it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are you, nimble squirrel, happy?
Are you safe?
Are you free?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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