I small, single shadow darts across the ground.

I look up at the sky, and the sun is blocked

for a split second, hardly noticeable.

Suddenly, out of no where,

dozens, no, hundreds of little shadows

dart in different directions

creating chaos on the ground.

Soon, there are so many,

the sun is blotted out

and I'm left in darkness

as a storm rages above.

Thousands of flapping wings

create a hurrucane's wind

and a tornado's sound.



Just when I can't take it anymore,


it's quiet.


I lift my head from my knees

to see a single crow staring back at me

before turning and flying away.

Where were all those birds going?

why, away from me, of course.

Now I'm back to a sun-cracked desert

with just me and my shadow.