To the flightless bird who rests beneath me.

Why in darkness do you hide?

Are you friend, companion or lover?

Why do you mock my every move?

No one but darkness hides you.

You move in light flightless bird

and are bound to nothing but the

name Shadow. Though to me

and my feather-brained mind, you are

unknown—- as a mere  cluster

of worms hidden inside the earth.

And I stand here on this shore knowing

Where all is revealed beyond the shadows there lies the true nature of the bird.