Raven Poem by Joseph Manduke

Thursday, May 15,2008

Raven

To be alone on a snowy branch at night
the gale and snow according your rest of sticks
Alone-black against the brighter snowy night
Protected only by moonglo and garment God provides,

Living in anticipation of the sunrise
for the sustenance the lord will provide
My strong black friend I see in my window
On backlit branch, by the candle in my little harbour room.

You wait so patiently for the sun and gifts
of the Earth, I cower in a heated but cold place
Soft bed away from snow and gale of night
High above the ground.

You want for nothing beyond the rising sun,
an ocean sunrise and another day
I fear that someday I may be you,
with a dream of only the something new.