Nightbirds

Above softly lit terraces
in the evening cool,
dark skies spread to infinity
where white bellied gulls silently
turn and wheel in a ghostly ballet
weaving intricate flight paths with ease.
We watch the flash of a wing as
the birds roll and bathe in the night air
then too soon sucked into the darkness
save one bird,
surfing the breeze
in a breathtaking solo.
My heart soars with the gull
and is sad when he slips into
starless skies and is gone.

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