Frigate Bird Poem by Sailing to windward

Frigate Bird



Frigate birds, like eyebrows in the sky
Weave dances under clouds,
in pirouettes and glides.
Do they wonder if we are in despair:
at not being allowed
to soar the lifting air,
to join the higher world our lowly status hides?

Frigate Bird
Sailing to windward
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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