I had begun to

awaken

early

as to leisurely

enter my day

As I took

Greta

out for her

morning walk

I noticed

the birds

stirring

more

aggressively

than before

I looked

in the cage

and counted

and re-counted

and counted

again

noticing that

there was

one more

walnut sized

violet brown

hatchling

the next morning

four more

how unobservant

had I

become

from

laying of eggs

to incubation

to flight

and then

full moon

and early

morning

taking me

out to the

porch again

and moon setting

morning

cascading

about fledgling

white wings

illuminated

with

blue-white

light.