Muse ...Enticing Sprite

A bird in the house? No…

Not a bird—

A visitant, a demigod,

A sprite,

A genius of the place;

She’s in the background

Waiting to respond

To certain events

Such as my writing

Late at night

Labouring over a poem

With no one home.

She inspires me

With her longing

For a body,

A shelter, a house

But all I have to offer

Are these words…

And thankfully,

she’s content

With nothing else.