FLUTTER

anxiety

Hummingbird flutter

shreds my gut

agitates the peace

no method to shut

my alter ego seeks it best

to settle this critter

down to rest

Reviews

[barleygirl]

On one hand, I love it when a poet combines things unexpectedly . . . comparing hummingbird to anxiety is a slap in the face! I kinda want to cling to the traditional hummingbird imagery (grace), so I'm not crazy about this comparison, but I love how it's totally original (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Chris]

Sometimes the cause is apparent - but only sometimes. Its often a gut reaction to a 'What" we've yet to recognize.

[Chris Shaw]

Anxiety well described Betty. Love the metaphor you have used here.

Chris

[Jovilious]

This is battingly truthful. Love the on-point metaphors. 100% relatable.
Amazing job on this art.
_Jovilious_

[Neville]

an entirely relatable bit o poetry and so bloomin well crafted.. nice one Betty H

all good things, Neville

[jacob erin-cilberto]

they do seem like anxious birds, don't they...I like metaphor here, and the near rhyme with "flutter" and "critter" ala Emily Dickinson.
j.