A black bird lay in my path
Stiff and empty
And all I can hear is the song
Of change ringing in my ear

A man with long nails
And a pinned black bird in his hat
Divined for me… yet more
crossing energies

Birds speak to me now
From spirit guides… making me see
That this darkened doorway
Is but a portal to a bigger me

Resonance of change binds
My heart and mind
In an unyielding
Spiral of noiseless singing

And these silent birds have come
To tell me to hold on just a little more-
For maturity of thought
Will find my heart before long