Destiny Pulls Pranks

Today I was talking to my kids

how destiny pulls pranks.

I said I never know

how sycamore looks like,

but the very next year.

I found myself in a place

where sycamore is dominant species.

I was visiting an ice sculpture exhibit

and wondering why is the

emergency exit was needed,

there are no fire risks.

The next moment,

hypothermia seemed to set in,

and I was asking,

where is the emergency exit?

I thought how I studied all my life,

never held a baby

how will care for a baby,

in this immigrant life,

without a support system?

Then came the pandemic,

my spouse worked from home,

I got robust help.

The other day, I was telling my little son

that pennies have been discontinued

and it is unlikely,

to find them on the road anymore.

Right then, there it was,

a quarter on the ground.

I told my daughter that

one of my wishes this year

was to see a hummingbird nest.

They are hard to find, so elusive.

A few weeks later,

while sitting in my driveway,

I noticed something near my feet,

an abandoned hummingbird nest,

fallen from the carrotwood tree.

As I looked up into the canopy,

a new hummingbird nest,

with a bird inside.

Destiny pulls pranks,

but it also blesses us,

if we do not enrage it.