lost soul...

night comes to carry me off...sweeping me up in a rush of wings and air...in the gulp of sky i am swallowed whole...lost in movement and the roar of wind...i am a blur of energy shifting into a new me of feathers and empty bones...i am a raven snatching at currents...dipping a wing and collapsing from the sky...broken on the ground...without a sound...shedding this last chance...walking into the woods...wandering...searching...for my place to be...turning around inside of me...a lost soul climbing a tree...looking out at the tops of the pines swaying...stars coming close to my touch...i am unafraid to lift off and float away...i have nothing to lose and all the world to gain...free to become...