Someone Like Me {Poetry}

From North to South, I Wait

The fragility of feathers;

The infinity of rings.

        Golden droplets glitter in sun,

        Washing desert sand from wings.

A tilting sea of black shadows

Brace from blizzard winds;

        Elegant eyes, beautiful beaks,

        Lovely lives, peaceable places -

All shuddering from a cold sea.

You were born to run

        To the end of everything;

You were destined to

        Welcome Peru.

{Dancing spots on unsteady rocks;

Small bodies twisted by waves.}

        Scorched by sun, stung by snow,

        You stand alone as moons grow cold.

A stolen child shall return.

Winter skies are melting;

        Fading planets subtly turn,

        Darker times are coming.

Bodice of lime, night of foe,

A frozen corpse stifled by snow.

        A dragging foot, a final look,

        A mother trembles - now she knows -