The birds in space

Title and Artist:  M. C. Escher

the birds inked the sky with their plumes  

as if they knew a secret that i don't know of

cut from the same hewn, like school of fish, 

they cocked their heads in perfect angle    

hovering in mid-city sky, taupe and white

wingtips pointing to the same direction & fate  --  

i listen closely, my nostrils prickling at

their steadfast sentiments, the shape of squares   

reminding me of my mother's shawl  

now folded neatly in a drawer with her rosary -- 

shaking their feathers in a final wave,   

i see one thousand birds soaring in unison,

to a place I have yet to go --
leaving me, rooted with questions,

& pondering my next step

Posted for OpenLinkNight of Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - every Monday

and Sunday's Challenge:  Ekphrasis 

and D'verse Poets Pub - every Tuesday

Ekphrasis is the graphic, often dramatic, description of a visual work of art. The word comes from the Greek ek and phrasis, 'out' and 'speak' respectively, and as a verb it means to proclaim or call an inanimate object by name.