Ravenbird

by Laura Quinn - 10/30/2024

O Raven bird

Are you wicked or deceiving

Black as night

With eyes that are foreboding

Are your songs

filled with doom and bad omen

Are they warnings of destructions

said in the poems

Or Raven bird

Is there something deeper

Hidden in the

words you seem to scream

Is your shrill cry

nothing but a love song

To the one who made

and gave to you your wings

O Raven bird

You fly among the people

Swiftly you can snatch

and get away

Did you understand

your mission to Elijah

Dropping bread and meat

would bring him change

So Raven bird

No dying of starvation

By your strong feet

Elijah received relief

It seems to me the poets

have you mislabeled

God used you to deliver

hope when he felt defeat

Raven bird

Misinformed we fear you

But did you know the truth

All the while

Is that why you

sing out your song so loudly

To remind the world

Of your history

Raven bird

You’re many and ferocious

Yet you obey whom

Made you fierce and free

O Raven bird

Is your shrill cry

A holy love song

A love song to

the maker of you

and me.