PAD Day 18 - To_____

To Be A Bird Next Time

If we return,

And mind you,

I’m not saying

That I think we will,

I’d like to be a bird.

Probably a raptor,

A Cooper’s Hawk, or Kestrel,

Something light and free and fast,

Fierce of talon, eye and beak,

Swift to hunt and kill.

Able to spread my wings

And ride the thermals

On a high blue October afternoon.

If we come back,

And who knows?

Perhaps we do,

It’s time to start working

On my karma.

I’m certainly not yet worthy

To be a hawk

Or any other bird.