The Storm Crow Calls

The Storm Crow Calls

It sounds like rain
big rain
the kind that hurts
if you tip your face back
and catch drops on your tongue, ill advised.

But whether the rain hits hard or you stay inside
it screams thunder, and you must pay attention enough to hear the storm crows call,
telling you you aren't safe
or strong enough
or big enough
or happy enough

but you dont know better
and you believe him when he calls
and the storm crow gets your goat
in his talons.

By John W. McEwers

(back home and it is one of those windy stormy days...lots of crows everywhere today! I call them "Storm Crows".)