Bird Shadow

 Bird shadow.

time rests inside grains of sand

across multitudes of beaches

waiting to mix with ocean waves,

and be hurled against itself

repeatedly

until all has changed shape

repeatedly

so we too, become unrecognizable

to each other

due to molecules of time infused into

these grains of sand, and the

shadow of a bird

falls across the shore

reminding us then that we landed there

for some list of reasons

and yes

we still have our wings