The Kingfisher, calm and at peace,
nested upon water, quieter of restlessness.
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(970) 535-0870
(303) 329-0870
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(970) 535-0871
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Halcyon Hospice
PO Box 177
Mead, CO 80542
The Kingfisher
A bird of iridescent light;
of visionary blue; as painterly
as a sunflower; swift
as an arrow.
It longs for the milk of rivers,
kindling the rain bowed air
with feather-bright flame;
subtle-winged, the kingfisher
melting to water.
Unearthly jeweled that builds
its nest in the crux of worlds,
tunneling the arcane earth;
like its wounded namesake,
sovereign of wastelands, whose chalice
pours its solvent of dreams.
Precision-tooled and cuts
like a blade cleaving the wind;
the sharp percussion of its dive,
plunged in its liquid essence.
–Michael Whan