Photo by Tommy Stone

a silence deep and calm

in greyest grey

and gloomest gloom

a weighted nothing

soft as down

even wings are stilled

and in the waiting weighting

stillness soft but heavy too

a time to sit and watch

cling to branch and to each other

time will pass and darkness to

just air, just water both give life

so peace and flight will come again

hold fast and fly on better days