Goodbye

Sparrows, like ping-pong balls,
bobbed up and down
on the backyard lawn.
Several worms
arrived for breakfast
didn’t know they’d be
the main meal
but life is like that
full of surprises
you kissed me goodbye
like you've always done.

Crows sat on a wire
shouting out their alarm
mocking birds dove in,
like crazed pilots,
and the black birds
scattered
like shattered glass
across a sunlit sky
but grief is like that
there is never a good time
to say goodbye.