The Seagulls and the Wind

One by one, the seagulls

Drop down close

To the churning water

And then they rise to fly

Into the teeth

Of a stiff wind.

They tilt their wings

This way and that

And struggle to

Gain traction.

Most of the seagulls

Are blown back

Toward the shore

But they only know

To keep going.

A seagull

Is a bird

Undeterred

By the wind

And the rain

And the pain

They cause.

One day, he will

Make it out

Past the winds.

One day, he will

Make it

Out to sea.