Canada Goose

After the third day She stopped saying "you must go" And his kept saying "NO" Her wing was broke- couldnt fly Looking up ,saying goodbye Migrating flock ,noisy and way up high Overwintering has but one outcome She tries to think of them, thought of him Who follows her on scaly webbed feet Slipping on the ice, painful wing Frozen lake,sheet of ice and bleaky mist He tries to shield her wing From gusty wind, it little helps The snow fox came to steal the egg She slapped and missed Broken wing broken egg Still he waits for the larger meal Just out of reach but sure to come Two dead geese for the price of one Once last plea for him to go One of us must live But he says no As dead she lies His hungered honk Defies an invisible foe Nowhere to go, it all looks like snow Too old to live, too cold to care Slowly walks toward the fox