Starlings In The Storm Poem by Charl JF Cilliers

Starlings In The Storm



The storm came swiftly over the sea,
pursued by thunderclaps. On the low
nearby soft hill of dunes an infinity
of startled starlings rose like splintering shadow
and scattered to outstrip the gigantic roar
of the sky and the jagged lightning’s overlap,
and in the lit sky they wheeled and soared
in a frenzy of distorted shapes to escape
the threat of the now dark and menacing air.

No way, it seemed, to outfly the tightening storm’s snare:
I watched as, into a trawl-net of shadows, they disappeared.

Monday, October 19, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: nature
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Charl JF Cilliers

Charl JF Cilliers

Cape Town, South Africa
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