A Poem - Bat (2024)

Stretching out my leathery membrane

Wings,

My feet unclench,

Whoosh!

Drop like a stone

Until I flex,

And beat.

As rapid as my heart.

I flit over the silent

Canopy

Of the forest

Black

In the shadows of the moon.

Moth flits silent too,

But I cast out my calls,

Bouncing bouncing, bouncing;

Three dimensions

At my behest.

Ping! I feel you!

Ping! I chase you

Acrobatic,

Swift I catch you,

Crunch you down.

I flit over the silent

Canopy

Of the forest

Sable

In the shadows of the moon.