Squadron of swallows, <br />Screaming and soaring <br />Down Cricketfield Road, <br />Heralded summer <br />Yesterday morning. <br /> <br />Avian Airforce <br />Out on a mission <br />Target unknown, <br />Allied in union <br />Massing in motion. <br /> <br />Crowded commuters <br />In similar fashion <br />Surge through the streets <br />But do so in silence, <br />Hiding emotion. <br /> <br />Morning marauders <br />Dashing and rushing <br />Cram on the tube <br />Off to the office <br />Selfishly pushing. <br /> <br />Humans and swallows, <br />Birds of a feather, <br />Throng through the city <br />Heading for somewhere, <br />All in it together.<br /><br />C Richard Miles<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/follow-the-swallows/
