the seagull

for kerry's sunday challenge #1

She battled the raging storm

Pitted against the cutting rains

Suffocating winds

To bring her love her heart

He was upon the shore

Feet dug into the sand

Fighting with something he had snagged

With a jagged hook

She screamed from the air

Calling out to him

In names he longed to known by

But he couldn’t hear her

Above the gusts and the rush

She dived and screeched

Only to be blown

And tossed

Muffled by the thunderclaps

How cruel the gods had been

And this love of hers

Stubborn and deaf

Blind to the love above him

His catch was slowly losing the fight

And he dragged it to the battered shore

She pulled her wings straight back

Pointed her beak

And ripped her way

To her love

Trying to beat his catch

A white capped wave

Crashed into her

Sent her reeling to the depths

Crushed by the riptide

To the bottom of the sea

Feet away

From the legs of her beloved

His catch swam past

Hook in mouth

Evil grin on gin soaked lips

She gave into the water

Making it her last nest

And her love

Pulled up his catch

Which bared her fangs

And ate him whole

Lost to more worlds than one….

Author's Note

kerry's sunday challenge #1

Reviews

[Matthew Kult]

An excellent work, and of the many I have read this is indeed one of my favorites for the contest. I wish you luck, but I think this is indeed a favorite of mine to win. Why? Glad you asked. This had a bit more of the comedic tragedy. Great write.

Regards,

Matthew

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

oh my goodness how the metaphors swirl and the nuances pop open on various interpretative banquets with every flip of wicked ta(i)le~

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

Amazing poem! Love has no boundries!

[Searching 4 Serenity]

Interesting write. In a way, it explains what love really is; when one is willing to submit full heartedly to the other. If not, metaphorically, this is what tends to happen.

[KAREN]

Very well written! What a catch and a fight, it has to be love!

[Ruth]

And what an ending........I did not expect! Electrifying love! xx