Teacher Creature Unschooled

 I'm going to write 100 poems in 100 days because Suleika Jaoad said to try doing 100 creative acts to counteract the isolation of the in-between and  the uncertainty of liminal living (also because poems can be short and still be done.)

They said her wings might be broken she might never fly again stuck in the nest afraid to come out but I know she can fly because i saw her flutter her wings when she thought no one was looking. One day, after all this time she walked a little ways out onto a branch and I saw her hop, hop, pause then hop a little farther than she had before. I think she likes it out on the branch even though it can feel a bit precarious. I think she wants to fly, she's just not sure how far or how long or where to, or if it's too late to try - Spring's long gone; it's almost winter, after all. I think she wants to fly. I think she will discover how.