This Afternoon While Relaxing At The Porch Poem by RIC BASTASA

i see a little bird
coming out
from its nest

a fledgling

wanting to fly
testing the power
of its young wings
flapping
and flapping
feeling
the wind
keeping

it does not manage
after a brief stint

it falls on the ground
now limping &
limping

mother-bird tries
to rescue
diving
wanting to save
the
fledgling


but to no avail

she cannot carry
it back
high on that tree

it is heavy

a cat
comes along the way
and swallows
little birdie
for dinner

predator-prey -world
this is

nothing sentimental
nothing personal
just a matter of survival