Across the red sky two birds flying, <br />Flying with drooping wings. <br />Silent and solitary their ominous flight. <br />All day the triumphant sun with yellow banners <br />Warred and warred with the earth, and when she yielded <br />Stabbed her heart, gathered her blood in a chalice, <br />Spilling it over the evening sky. <br />When the dark plumaged birds go flying, flying, <br />Quiet lies the earth wrapt in her mournful shadow, <br />Her sightless eyes turned to the red sky <br />And the restlessly seeking birds.<br /><br />Katherine Mansfield<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/across-the-red-sky/
