The Hamlet Project

Little courage,
Flapping its not quite feathered wings,
Bouncing up
To peck at your nose
But mostly only reaching your bellybutton.
Little courage’s chest is all puffed up –
It’s trying to make itself look bigger
Trying to be the big little bird on the block
Despite the fact that it is just a little fluff ball
That you could drop kick over the wall.
There’s a nest full of them
A squeaking and chittering and chattering and twittering and brrrruping
Bumping into each other like soft fluffy bumper cars.
Set the nest high – Little nest full of tiny bundles of new courage.