The Crow's Nest

Copyright: 3/10/2000
The Crows Nest

A black bird of great potential flies through the midnight air
Wandering and scoping for the demon's lair
As he happens upon the roost of life lost in dusk
He nears the fatal atrocities and stills the hush.

Large and unbridled he flies unwavering into the sky
And rests upon a man about to die
The crow who sees all and lives in heart and mind
Begins his survey of life and death behind.

Spirits engage in treason and rust from the grave
And men draw fear from the people he once saved
This bird of prey with definitive ways
Brings us our most cherished days.

A messenger of light and the blackest dark
Tails the lovers, friends, and family making a mark
The crow who foes endure in moments of agony
Will succumb to none in the vision of his tragedy.

Deepest souls renown with honor and glory
As the crow sheepishly perches upon me
The crows nest is lively and full
Pouring the outcast out from this pool.

As midnight falls and the demons strike from their graves
The crow begins with a whooping bray
He descends upon the fearful with blackened eyes
And for now the apparitions will say their goodbyes.

The cemetery settles and all is calm but not lost
It's the crow’s nest captured in the middle of the toss
The emancipated his followers again on this night
To be free of the doom and death's cold bite.