White Shadow - Tyllaun Wen

Seeing a Barn Owl for the first time and catching it's eye....

 

White Shadow – Tylluan Wen

Fleeting, swooping close to sodden ground
You twist and turn in relentless quest
Silver hunter, silent death, quarry in sight
Diving, harsh rending with talons

As you fly, head twists, sweeping glance
As I watch keen sight shatters the distance
One brief moment, we behold each other
Passion of your hunter heart

Image also created in similar, fearful symmetry
The harrowed can find no consolation therein
White seraphim, subtle fluttering ends life
Taken by swift wing to far haunt

Does it irk parading as light fades
Scouring marsh, contending with swift contemporaries
Plumed heads abound and fierce gazes, a common prey in mind
Cameo's play and unfold to an undeserving crowd

Reviews

[Scott H.]

The imagery in this piece is very vivid and, well, owl-like. Captures the grace and mystery very well.

[Tomás Ó C..]

They are such graceful creatures...