Prayer of the Kingfisher

by Kat Nicol - Taurus


“But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying,
If I am dead, as dead I may well be,
Ye’ll come and find the place where I am lying,
And kneel and say an Ave there for me...”
-Danny Boy, Irish Traditional


a trio of fires passed

the sea falls
whiteness 
white noise 
of photography and networks
and all-day coverage 
whitecaps and paled faces
sea ships and summer hands

the wait was plenty 
for every midnight filled our
drying throats
adorned our throbbing necks with
the jewelry of terrible days
that anchors our
American kinship

the name is still struggling
glowed still glowing

the cities of incense
one to another give
the signs of the cross is
	from the head to the heart
	from the head to the heart

glowing
the Vinyard shores thicken 
under swarming 
	      locusts
		Assembling
to devour
with their fishing eyes
looking for a fault
looking to be the first
with the reason

whatever the reason
the groundwork is still set
for the weary pasttime 
of public death

from the head to the heart
and back again

the kingfishers still 
bolt to the sea
not giving a damn
about coverage and networks
and their ten thousand 
purple versions
of the same pain and glory

it is the kingfishers that bolt
a little less quiet of light 
a little less bright in flame
the kingfishers still crying
salt tears
for little princes 
gone away


(For John-John)



Reason for writing:

    Just my own way of dealing with it. It's not quite a finished piece, I might have to rewrite a few lines.    

Birth sign: Taurus
Date created: 1999-07-23 14:12:48
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:41:16
Poem ID: 52967

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