Once upon me I was not afraid
when the sky opened her
wings
and swallowed the seabirds
and I went tumbling in
that great mouth
with birds, clouds and
minions of the wind
all of us flailing
together as one
I counted myself as one
who of nothing was afraid
no matter the storms that
came rushing on the wind
and assailed the heart's
sweet span of wings
regardless I would open my
mouth
and speak the truth of the
seabirds
And yet dear as they are
those seabirds
inclining and declining
like a swoop of one
it was chaos that formed
in that sky's dark mouth
and in chaos how can one not be afraid
frantically fluttering
one's broken wings
and losing the battle
against that wind
Oh she howled that vicious
wind
and tore the feathers of
the seabirds
from their delicate and
salt-laden wings
as down they fell one by
one
too much in despair to be
afraid
whilst fire exhaled from
the demon's mouth
And from my own demented
mouth
I cried out unto that
cruel wind
“Of you, devil, I will
not be afraid
although my heart beats
like the seabirds
for with them I shall rise
as one
on God's great protective
wings
And then to shelter under
those wings
and in his truth-filled
mouth
all innocents may sit as
one
and look into the sea's
harsh wind
to fish again with the
diving seabirds
never to be hungry or
afraid”
My prayer on wings I send
with the wind
and I sing with the mouth
of the seabirds
One love, one life, never
afraid
