Ann Gilmour Poet Free verse

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…

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Tom Cunningham June 2, 2020 at 6:01 AM A tragic story Ann, things don't always go the way we want them too Tom Ann Gilmour June 4, 2020 at 9:44 AM Yes sadly that is so true Tom. Hope you and your family are well. With kindest thoughts Ann xx

Heidi Sands May 25, 2020 at 10:38 AM Oh my, this really reached me. So well written Ann. So very sad. You have shown us superbly. Take care :) Ann Gilmour May 26, 2020 at 9:40 AM Yes it was awful to see this Heidi it really upset me, after watching her sitting in the heat of the sun for a couple of weeks, she had been so attentive and caring and now she looked puzzled and perplexed wondering how that had happened? Take good care my friend. With kindest thoughts Ann xx

Panagiota Romios May 24, 2020 at 10:45 PM Beautiful and so sad! In the USs, they slaughters millions of farm animals. I wanted to cry. Not for food. There is no storage for bodies... Best in contest. The Two of Us ))) Ann Gilmour May 26, 2020 at 9:37 AM To the Two of You ~ I thank you sweet girls ~ it was such a sad sight to see her looking around and making pitiful sounds of distress and there were only a few days to go before they were due to hatch... nature can be cruel at times. With kindest thoughts Ann xx

Jeanne Mcgee May 24, 2020 at 12:44 PM A sad loss for you and her...poignantly written. Congrats on your first place. Ann Gilmour May 26, 2020 at 9:28 AM Ohhh bless you Jeanne for your comments and congrats and your kind visit my friend. With kindest thoughts Ann xx

Eve Roper May 24, 2020 at 12:04 PM Even animals have feelings, nicely done and congratulations on your win. hugs eve Ann Gilmour May 26, 2020 at 9:27 AM Thank you so much for your sweet comments dear Eve I always appreciate your kind visits. I hope you are keeping safe and well. With kindest thoughts Ann xx

Caren Krutsinger May 24, 2020 at 5:12 AM Ann, this poem is a winner - in any contest, and I am glad of your win. "in the blink of an eye unborn now gone and she’s left wondering Why…" - so telling. So heartfelt and sad, around Mother's Day too. Great one, my friend. Ann Gilmour May 24, 2020 at 5:48 AM Many thanks dear Caren, yes I was devastated to see her nest, with three dark brown eggs in, had been blown away, possibly when she got off it to stretch her legs - have soupmailed you Caren. With kindest thoughts Ann xx