She'D Lost Her Tomorrow

Each day she sat upon her nest lovingly nurturing her unborn chicks in burning sunshine she gasped for air her dedication beyond compare Yesterday a gale ~ a gust just took her nest blew it away Her eggs ~ Her chicks were now all gone and looking on all I could hear was total panic borne in her cries as slowly tears welled in my eyes This beautiful mother had lost her eggs in the blink of an eye unborn now gone and she’s left wondering Why… Head held low surveying the scene her pitiful cries of what might have been For in her grief beyond belief I witnessed her sorrow she’d lost her tomorrow My tears now flowed at Natures brutality sadly beginning to face reality Sweet black backed gull I pray one day you may be blessed in time ~ For I feel your loss so deeply as if your loss ‘twere mine... Written on 24rd May 2020 at 4.00 am, after witnessing the previous evenings devastation of a 40 mile per hour gale – so sad… Contest Brian's Choice S Sponsor Brian Strand FIRST PLACE