Relativity

do not weep when the bird flies away
from your window sill

be grateful that it ever landed there
even if just for
a moment

that you were there
to witness its brief song

that your eyes took fortune
in the glowing light of its feathers

and know
that when it flies away
there are infinite avenues in this universe
and just because you are still here
and it is not
does not mean
it is
gone