Feathers in Motion

by Brianna Ricotta

Anxiety creates a motion of feathers
that creates a stifling flow
in her body.
And then a rush of air
caught in her chest,
and will not dissipate.

And the shaking bird- blue jay –
must soar through the hurricane
that could kill the bird,
yet she keeps singing.

She’s heard give up – ice tones –
during the stormiest waves.
Yet she never could
ask herself to give up – never –