Raven Friend, RIP by Mark Tulin – The Confessionalist Zine

Many thanks to the Confessionalist Zine for first publishing..Raven Friend, RIP.

Issue 3–My Mind Has Thunderstorms
—  theconfessionalistzine.wordpress.com/2020/11/25/2-poems-by-mark-tulin/

~Raven Friend, RIP by Mark Tulin

My wise old friend died.
Once a presence in the sky,
now a quiet splatter on the ground.

From one heavy and cold
moment, when the lightning
struck his night-black body.

I used to see him on the utility wires.
I often waved, and he screeched
in recognition.

He was my raven friend,
my connection with nature
as if I were his next of kin.

I tried to revive him,
invoking the native spirits
who fly like eagles.

But his bond with life was broken--
his magic black wings
failed to soar.

The message was dramatic.
My friend now lives in the hereafter--
no remorse, only acceptance.