My Sunny Bunny

I spent my life having no clue

How much I was missing,

How much I would love you.

You were not the first,

Second, or third.

But along you came and

There you were.

It was a cold winter day

I had to keep you close.

I needed you warm

For the long ride home.

I knew you were scared

And hadn’t asked to come,

But when I first saw you

I knew you were the one.

Snuggled in my sleeve

on a journey to the unknown

Since that day, oh, you have grown.

I giggled like a schoolgirl

At everything thing you did,

Your little chirps and flapping wings,

Even the Poops on my bed.

Oh, Sunny! You have me wrapped

around your tiny little beak.

Your first fly,

your inquisitive eyes,

Your love for adventures

and hand-fed treats.

I call you Sunny because

You warm my heart.

Even though you are grown now,

I love more than I did from the start.

-Justine Bushmeyer