Flycatcher

Originally published in The Oklahoma Review issue 21.1

Slicing through the sunset

Chattering in the thick summer air

Infecting the land with a natural allure with

Scarlet feathers to match the bloody sunsets and

Sky dances that entrance those all around.

Oklahoma.

Radiating nature in its purest form

Taunting us with stories from the past

All from your branch on that old hackberry

If only you could understand the depth of the

Lacerations you leave on our souls.