Robin

Poem

© 2022, Tanweer Dar

Alighting so gently upon a bough

The tiny robin turns to look at me

I smile as my eyes fall upon it now

Small, delicate, beautiful as can be

Evoking such immediate wonder

I marvel at the diminutive bird

Looking away I begin to ponder

How it is so deeply my soul is stirred

And so I take up my pencil to draw

The marvel which has enraptured me so

And with every soft feather and flaw

My fascination continues to grow

With time and with effort I recreate

That which art cannot hope to imitate