Hummingbird

Hummingbird

---To Georgia O’Keefe

1

A tiny bird’s long beak is

penetrating into the nectar of an oasis tree’s flower

on the New Mexico Desert.

Two wings constantly are flapping

in the air to stand still.

What kind of wings are they?

One step backward from the flower

and two steps forward

in mid-air

toward the flower

(No other bird can fly backward!)

2

You are the most beautiful flower in the New Mexico Desert.

I become a hummingbird

flapping my wings 90 times per second

to be engaged in an aerial warfare

with the fragrance of the flower for one ounce of honey.

3

The 10-centimeter hummingbird

is descending 80 meters per hour.

New Mexico Desert

from the sky to the earth

is full of your fragrance

via hummingbird.