I have tied my mind
To the seagulls. Memory
Flocks along the dock digging
Into some discarded thing
Then jump into sky.
I don’t know why I did this.
Now I see them crowding
The sidewalk. Even as I step
They barely move, half-hearted
Retreat towards the grass.
Barely an entity in their eye,
Just a shadow smoothly passing
Their window. Not even offended
That I did not drop something
More than can be theirs.
Just a strained metaphor
As I continue walking, their voices
Crowding the blue air.
Written for this year’s A-Z Challenge. Today’s song that inspired this is “Half Joking” by Charles Rumback and Ryley Walker.