THREE CROWS

 THREE CROWS                     TIM WILLIAMS          JAN. 2015

THREE BLACK CROWS STAND SENTRY
THREE BLACK CROWS MOTIONLESS
WATCHING THE WAVES AT A DISTANCE
AT A DARK, BLACK, TIDAL DISTANCE
THE WAVES THREATEN THEM AS THEY WATCH
ROLLING IN, THEN ROLLING OUT AGAIN

THREE BLACK CROWS STAND ON THE TIDAL LINE
LOOKING WARILY, WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR ?
WOULD YOUR EYE'S HAVE NOTICED THEIR VIGIL ?
I SAW THEM, WHAT ARE THEY PLANNING ?
IS THERE GOOD VICTUALS TO BE HAD ON THE TIDAL LINE  ?
OR IS THIS THEIR MASON DIXON ?

THREE CROWS WAITING DRESSED IN SUNDAY BLACK
IT'S A DARK CLOUDY , RAINY DAY FOR WAITING
IS THERE SOMETHING COMING, SOMETHING DARK ?
SHOULD I BE WAITING, WATCHING WITH THEM ?
SHOULD WE ALL BE WATCHING ?
WHAT IS THE VIGIL FOR ? A BEACH VIGIL

THREE BLACK CROWS ONE ON A BRANCH
JUST OFF THE FLOOR BY ABOUT A LOOK-OUT FOOT
AS IF IT WAS HIS TURN TO BE THE LOOK-OUT
AS IF THEY HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, HIS TURN ?
I WATCHED UNTIL IT RAINED HEAVILY AND THEN RETREATED
BUT THEY STAYED, I LEFT , BUT THEY STAYED WATCHING

MAYBE THEIR STILL THERE, MAYBE NOT
THREE BLACK CROWS MOTIONLESS ON THE ESTUARY WATER-LINE
WATCHING, WHY ?