I know these strange and complicated feelings, but it is amazing how you managed to put it all into words. You are so very talented, Em. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Em, life really does feel that way sometimes. You try to do the right thing, but it isn’t always enough, or you end up being too late. And sometimes even the best intentions don’t work out the way you hoped they would. 😇
The image of the two birds flying down stayed with me.
Thank you so much for reading 🙏 it means a lot
I know these strange and complicated feelings, but it is amazing how you managed to put it all into words. You are so very talented, Em. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much. It means a lot 🖤🫶
Beautifully written. Succinct. Powerful. In the vein of Stafford's "Traveling through the Dark."
Thank you so much 🖤 now I’m going to have to read that, I never have.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42775/traveling-through-the-dark
Oooooh I love this one. Beautiful. Thanks for sharing the link!
You're welcome. :-)
Ooof. Something similar happened to me a few weeks ago. I buried a beautiful red-bellied woodpecker after holding him in his final moments.
Awww very sad. I really love birds.
Thank you for reading! 🙏
But you only meant the best.
That's what I remember.
Thank you 😭🖤 life can be unfair… I guess no one ever promised fairness
Same day, halfway across the world:
I drove home. Tired. Like always.
I parked. Gathering my things and my thoughts, I almost missed the commotion in the street.
A stopped car. A guy on a bike. A guy on foot. All yelling at a bike that sped off.
At the center of it all, a teeeny tiny fluffy bird baby.
Guy on foot scoops it up. We wonder what to do. There’s a tree hanging over the road. There’s a hole in the tree. About 10 feet up.
Guy on bike brings bike over. Guy on foot climbs bike, baby bird safely in hand.
Baby bird delivered to its nest. Its parents were overjoyed.
Somewhere, halfway across the world from you, a baby bird continues to learn to fly.
😭😭😭😭🖤 thank you
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❤️🩹 thanks so much for reading and sharing, it means a lot.
Ofcourse lovee!!🥹
Not pity, this was power.
RIP little birdy 🖤
Poor lil thing… 😭😭 thank you so much.
Hi Em, life really does feel that way sometimes. You try to do the right thing, but it isn’t always enough, or you end up being too late. And sometimes even the best intentions don’t work out the way you hoped they would. 😇
Certainly so true. Cause and effect don’t care about intentions, unfortunately. Thank you very much for reading 🙏
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Thanks so much for reading 🖤🖤
Beautifully written. Love your real emotion within.
Thank you so much, it really means a lot 🫶