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XOx Uriah xOX
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since 2006-02-11
Posts 1403
Virginia

0 posted 2008-09-11 04:07 PM



I awoke
to the sound
of a rain crow
weeping.

But there was not
a cloud up in the sky.

Fate
took
his mate
while he sat
sleeping.

He awoke
to the sound
of the Horned Owl's cry.

He heard the
terrible wings
drawing
near...

closed his eyes
and hummed his
own Death Song

When he felt
there was nothing
more to fear...

He looked around
and found that
she was gone.

***

© Copyright 2008 Larry F. Leake - All Rights Reserved
Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 posted 2008-09-11 05:00 PM


Yo XOx Uriah xOX,

This is a good poem.  That's just the way it sometimes happens.

Bobby

WTBAKELAR
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since 2008-09-09
Posts 1089
Utah, USA
2 posted 2008-09-11 05:49 PM


Very reminicent of something American Indian
I liked it alot.  Nice.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California
3 posted 2008-09-12 01:14 AM


What a sad story, Uriah. Nature is cruel sometimes. Reminds me of when I was little and my job was to wave a towel or something to chase the hawks away from the chickens.
                                   Ida

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa
4 posted 2008-09-12 01:23 AM


Tears for the rain crow and his wife.  Shutting my eyes tight in an attempt not to see and feel the anguish of her death.

- Owl

Margherita
Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
Eternity
5 posted 2008-09-12 06:24 AM


Oh, noooo, dear Larry. This tugs at my heartstrings, I can hardly bear it. Intense write.

Reminds me of a song that made me cry for days, it is about a swordfish who loses his mate ...

Animals do feel intensely, I have no doubt.

Love,
Margherita

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