Copperwing II

Copperwing waits in the ginkgo tree, where morning light drifts like melted gold and evening spills in amber rivers. It is never caught in the glare of day, only glimpsed when the sky softens, when shadows stretch long and the world holds its breath.

It flits along branches that hum with old stories, wings stirring the air with a sound like faint bells, like something impossible brushing past. Those who notice it feel a shift in the light, a weight in the air, as if the tree itself has remembered a secret it had long kept.

By dawn, Copperwing traces the paths of dew across the leaves, gathering whispers in the hollow of its flight. By dusk, it circles the fading sun, teasing shadows into movement, threading magic through the soft air. Sometimes it pauses above a shoulder or a windowsill, vanishing if stared at too long, leaving only a trace of warmth, a flicker of copper fire, and a feeling that something extraordinary has passed close.