***arise***

black against the grey  
flapping, flapping  
this way  
that way  
faster faster  
turning turning  
faster faster faster  
turning turning  
flapping flapping  
faster faster  
turning turning turning  
soaring  
soaring  
arise.

when someone looks for miracles in a two-thousand-year-old book,  
sometimes i wonder,  
have they ever stopped and watched a seagull fly?

(© 2010 Cassander)