Thunderbird Circling

 

Kenneth Vincent Walker

 

As the Thunderbird flaps

Its mighty, mighty, wings

And the thunderclaps so

Resoundingly rumbling

Everything; from its eyes

Flashing bolts of lightning,

 

Which strike the land and

In the most frightening

Manner known to Man.

I was merely ten feet

Away from a lightning

Strike that dropped a

 

Man stiff and paralyzed.

The Thunderbird chose

To pass over me and

Spared my life so others

May see that I survived

To tell the tale and that

 

The Thunderbird and I

Shall be forever linked.

For I wear the mark of

The Thunderbird upon

My countenance flying

Directly up my nostrils

 

From that day onward.

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Kenneth Vincent Walker is a "New Formalist" poet, spoken word artist, performer and author of Borderline Absurd (An Exercise in Rhyme and Reason), published by Poem Sugar Press/ Community Arts Ink 2015. More recently his work has been widely published in online magazines, journals and blogs. Kenneth is originally from Buffalo, NY and completed his higher education in Canada. He now resides in South Central Pennsylvania where he performs his brand of poetry at various venues throughout the region.