Without the provocation to become aerial 

nestling on ground flocked my existence

Albeit the heavens magnetized my name

While mocking this mockingbird

I told my shoes to take a hike

Confiding in penguins with iced feathers

I now follow the lead of my feet

My beak mimics the breeze of flight

My ears invite clouds of delight

I wobble, wobble, wobble!

Thunderous those whispers from beyond 

The chirps of my ancestors echo

With the awakening of a cock-a-doodle-do 

And resilience of a hummingbird’s beat

I’ve become my true heart’s bounce