Hope

In the invisible sound of bingo dabbers on newsprint,

in vanilla scented pine trees swinging from mirrors

in rusted out Fords, through the quiet momentum of traffic lights,

in a flock of small birds that rise from a field, hover

for that split second it takes to choose direction,

in the spaces of air between the mass of black wings, hope stirs,

inside us,the sound of oceans in empty shells.