Surrounded by bodies of murder the flocking and squawk arose. Score of many rows on girder feast of death drew the crows.

As the Crows Gathered

As the Crows Gathered
By: Adam M. Snow

Surrounded by bodies of murder
the flocking and squawk arose.
Score of many rows on girder
feast of death drew the crows.
One to carry souls of many;
one onto life beyond life.
Yet was not the foe-of any-
to leave this world of strife.

The crows they flock,
they flock, they squawk;
flapping their wings tremendously.
They caw, they pecked,
they grew many in score
groups gathered more and more.

Blackened the sky with their endless flutter;
"But what of this?" I utter.
"My days are long now being nighted.
The crows around have united."

Feathers falling, covering the ground with black;
everywhere I look, it covers every crack.
The thought of death surrounds us all
before the crows, life will fall.
The ominous bank of crows like a cloud,
covers the world like an endless shroud.
Leaving I, overwhelm with fear
it is death lurking near.

The crows they gathered all in vast;
all is dark than a shadow cast.
They prey the lost and many more,
time has come for death to bore.

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Weeping willow
Nice write about death.
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rarebird
I cannot write a comment because your poem is so moving that I can only express my empathy.
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magnolia
a dramatic write with a great description of the crow. But do not believe all you see..they are simply birds...Maggie :)
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