Waiting
/Sitting at my desk pondering
Searching for inspiration
No muse comes to my aid
Then a singing from outside
Through my open window
I see a white-breasted bird
Perching high on a tree branch
Brushing the eaves of my house
Alone it chirps cheerfully
The whole sky is its stage
Off and on sings the little soul
At ease in its own tempo
On the roof of the house
Crouches a stone-still cat
Its orange fur turns glittering gold
Basking in the late afternoon sun
The feline stares at the bird
While it sings unknowingly
I watch the progression
Prepare to stop a tragedy
By Shih-Fang Wang
From: United States