FLOCKS

Like stars on a journey

Birds in air and sheep on land

Set an arrow in bow and

One flies point

One walks point

Others follow rules

Steer to average

And the numbers grow

Super organisms

Wing tip to wing tip

Side to side

Time flies, catches a wind

Walks in lockstep along steep slopes

And when the muscles wear down and the wings falter

When the bones ache and the feet stumble

After seed is devoured and grass is gnawed

Branches bow in a weighted droop

And fields and thickets lie trampled flat

The sheer number of them

Crowded inside a skull

Migrate across the mind

Crawl at the feet

Circle about the head

Roost until startled

Scatter and re-group

Descend and rise

A voice on air

An image in my mind

© cmheuer, 2013