Description
EMPTY NEST
Charcoal 22×30
Wind frayed and tattered
Once held bright speckled eggs warmed by mother’s breast.
Cracked shell opened chirping fledgling.
lurching and grappling for every insect gulp.
Flapping wings in crowded nest.
Preparation for first awkward flight.
Now soaring on firm wing free to come and go.
Seldom return. Now Gone.
Clyde L Schroeder
