Uninvited Guest
by Sharmagne Leland St.John

As I clung to sleep 
You flew inside my window
Where no curtain hung
Crows outside taking flight
Filled the sky
I count them
Just like sheep
First by twos then by threes 
Their “caw caw”
Echoes through the trees

The book I read last night
Resting on the sill 
Morning clouds are grey
They cast a gloom 
Upon the distant hill

Beyond the pasture
Green River flows 
On her way to meet the sea 
How came you
To choose my room,
To awaken me
To this eerie sight? 

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