I Love a Garden Tiger Moth named Esperanza

by Paul Koniecki, on gratitude

Esperanza says

She was born 

In a circus 

Pronouncing 

The second

Syllable with reverence 

Circus for circus

More specifically 

She was born 

In a cocoon 

In a circus 

Owing to the fact 

Esperanza is a Garden

Tiger Moth

Meeting daily 

In the park our

Hearts inseparable 

As twig and leaf

It has been said 

Tesla loved

A pigeon

And he defined reality

As vibration 

Erasing a memory

Birds and remembrance 

Moths and love

More than fable

More than wish

Meeting

Sufficient joy 

Or suffering 

We come

To understand 

There is 

A word (and the feeling of a word)

For everything 

At the end

Of every poem

This is where

Gratitude begins