Raven Night

Black wings spreading across the world
Encompassing all in a downy black night
No stars no moon
No comfort from the terror
Of a blackness that never ends
The wings of the raven swaddle us
Keeping us close to it's heart
Thumping in a quick steady bird beat
As we all plummet in it's feathery grip
Down into what we can only guess
Unseen
The only glint in this world
Is the reflection of the heavens
Upon the raven's glossy eyes
Staring straight down it's beak
Breaking the air
On this ballistic flight

And then the wings snap open
Exposing us to the 'verse again
Humbling us in it's vastness
Wondering how we could have thought
That our world was as small
As the soft black breast

Of the raven