Three Crows

THREE BLACK CROWS STAND SENTRY

THREE BLACK CROWS MOTIONLESS

WATCHING THE WAVES AT A DISTANCE                 

  

AT A DARK, BLACK, TIDAL DISTANCE

THE WAVES THREATEN THEM AS THEY WATCH

ROLLING IN, THEN ROLLING OUT AGAIN

THREE BLACK CROWS STAND ON THE TIDAL LINE

LOOKING WARILY, WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR ?

WOULD YOUR EYE'S HAVE NOTICED THEIR VIGIL ?

I SAW THEM, WHAT ARE THEY PLANNING ?

IS THERE GOOD VICTUALS TO BE HAD ON THE TIDAL LINE  ?

OR IS THIS THEIR MASON DIXON ?

THREE CROWS WAITING DRESSED IN SUNDAY BLACK

IT'S A DARK CLOUDY, RAINY DAY FOR WAITING

IS THERE SOMETHING COMING, SOMETHING DARK ?

SHOULD I BE WAITING, WATCHING WITH THEM ?

SHOULD WE ALL BE WATCHING ?

WHAT IS THE VIGIL FOR ? A BEACH VIGIL

THREE BLACK CROWS ONE ON A BRANCH

JUST OFF THE FLOOR BY ABOUT A LOOK-OUT FOOT

AS IF IT WAS HIS TURN TO BE THE LOOK-OUT

AS IF THEY HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, HIS TURN ?

I WATCHED UNTIL IT RAINED HEAVILY AND THEN RETREATED

BUT THEY STAYED, I LEFT , BUT THEY STAYED WATCHING

MAYBE THEY'RE STILL THERE, MAYBE NOT

THREE BLACK CROWS MOTIONLESS ON THE ESTUARY WATER-LINE

WATCHING, WHY ?

Tim Williams

Tim Williams was born and brought up in the coal mining valleys of south Wales and did various jobs over the years mainly in the antiques trade. Has been a singer songwriter for 35 years, 3 years ago tried his hand at poetry as opposed to song lyrics; having a little success started performing his poetry at festivals and gig's around Wales. He has had a few poems published in books and on websites both here in UK, won an award in Milan Italy in 2014 and has had a few published in USA on websites there. He has his first book of poems due out this spring entitled " Are you reading that poetry book your sitting on ". He has a Facebook site Tim Williams Welsh Poet and features on Cosmofunnel an American poetry and writing site.