Seabirds - a poem

Seabirds

Us at the lookout 

A solitary pigeon 

on the nearby 

ledge 

All eyes on the blue rind 

He claps  

Into the air 

a burst pillow

a bagful of  

feathers 

For one moment 

we were all seabirds again

© Lizz Murphy

Pic: At Culburra Beach lookout near 

Greenwell Point on the South Coast of NSW