Puffin Love Poem by Melody McKinstrie

Puffin Love

Let's be like puffins
Let's love like birds.
With their quaint way
Of kissing
By tapping their bills
For this we can use
Our human version.
As tapping our noses
Might begin to hurt.

Let's frolic on
A beautiful meadow
That adorns the cliffs
Above the ocean.
Shuffling like puffins
Or we can just walk
Along the water's edge
At the beach.
With the same back
And forth bumping
Into the other.
How funny we will look
Like weebles wobbling.
People will surely wonder
If we were intoxicated!

Would that be far off?
We are indeed
Intoxicated with love!
So much so
We are ready to settle down
And make a nest.
Ah puffin love
At it's best!
In our case
We might talk
About moving in
With one another
Or even marriage.

Not everyone can be
Like the Puffin.
Not everyone has the capacity
For exclusivity
Not everyone has that
Idea ingrained
That they have one true love.
But for those that do
Life with their partner
Seems like a dream come true!
A reality that makes life
Nearly heaven on earth.