Hop, hop, hop

Hop, hop, hop

by Elizabeth Challinor

Feeling lonely

Feeling the fear of feeling lonely

Feeling that needy urge

Then watching a bird

Hop, hop, hop

On the empty estuary

So, I hop too

Out of my little self and observe

Curious feeling, this loneliness feeling

Something begins to stir

A murmuring loveliness feeling

No reason or word

Elizabeth Challinor