Ebony raven
Against clear sapphire cotton sky
Soars so high
Above mother’s lush green mountainous curves

He soars
Like a black dove
In peace beyond the tire’d metallic beasts
That scurry
Between asphalt forests and concrete caves

He soars
Like the midnight eagle
Nobly gazing down at plump savages
That hunt
Proudly donning polyester furs and vinyl skins
Admiring their ignorance

He soars
Like a charcoal seagull
On crystal breezes
Over thick brown seas littered with stucco *****
That course
Through the veins of mother herself

He soars
Like a sable sparrow
Carrying the last untainted bite
From the impacted cement earth
That seals
The life within mother
Inescapable

He soars
Away from it all
To beauty beyond
So high
He soars

Copyright © Lara B. a.k.a. Lalachan
June 1999