SEAGULLS IN DISTRESS

11.09.2001

for my friend Elize



Oh you seagulls in distress

moaning shades of manmade flames

flying perplexed from my dreams

crying out all vanished names



Oh you seagulls in distress

circles of a hollow maze

Death is but a short caress

echoing the halo Phrase



Oh you seagulls in distress

phoenixed from demolished dome

veering towards safer Nest:

rest in Love, Eternal Home

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I was in Seepunt, Cape Town, SA at that time: the seagulls never slept ...

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Myra A powerful poem! I like it. Regards Donkerman