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Racing a Seagull Far from Home
Racing a Seagull far from Home Version 2
Racing a seagull far from home
Traveling on a road I’ve travelled before,
I'm following so close as to see the vanes
Attached to the rachis of the sea bird’s tail.
Foraging far from the edge of his world
He's caught in a traffic current
Unfamiliar to him, culling for help,
When a blast of wind and a dip of his shoulder,
Shoots him to the safety
Of the un-car-ed parking lot.
My heart races in fear, watching
Through a windshield smeared, with
Creatures not fast enough.
Fearing a meeting of demise,
I am relieved then, to see
Him safely away, yet
Missing his company, and
The thrill of his flight.
I can no longer watch,
No longer see,
Traveling on quickly myself,
Far from safe, far from secure
Foraging myself, scratching at nothing,
A hard concrete field of relationships
Stretches out before me,
Hurt souls and misplaced words,
Lonely like the seagull,
Racing far from home.
Racing a Seagull Far from Home
Racing a seagull far from home
Traveling a road I’ve travelled before,
Following so close as to see the vanes
Attached to the rachis on the sea bird’s tail.
Foraging far from the edge of his world,
He's caught in a traffic current
Unknown to him, culling for help,
When a blast of wind and a dip of his shoulder,
Shoots him to the safety
Of the un-carred parking lot.
My heart races in fear, watching
Through a windshield smeared,
Fearing a meeting of demise,
Relieved to see
Him safely away,
Yet missing his company
And the thrill of his flight.
I can no longer watch,
Traveling on quickly myself,
Far from safe
Far from secure
Foraging myself, scratching at nothing,
A hard concrete field of relationships
Stretches out before me,
Hurt souls and misplaced words,
Lonely like the seagull,
Racing far from home.
