Friday, July 29, 2011

It's Only Water...


The air turns grey and brown
     as the wind swirls the dust around
in devils whirling without a sound
     picking up speed, lifting sand from the ground

The breeze smells of moisture
     as the birds start to land and cluster
among the branches and shake the dust from
    their tired wings of varied colors
Only the crow defies the wind
    calling, cawing again and again

in lazy circles that seemingly have no end,
    waiting only for the rain before they land,
before they find their way home
     People scurry with their eyes on the sky,
in a hurry to head home while still dry
    it brings laughter to my eyes
for we are not made of sugar...

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