I saw him.
He saw me.

He looked towards me
cocked his head to the side
curious.

Big pink bird?
He has strange feathers,
that don't cover his head
his hands.
Strange clawless feet?

He thinks.

I step towards him.

He's startled.
He skips away.

So I skip towards him.

He skips away and flutters his wings.

I flap my arms and skip towards him.

He waddles away.

For a moment
We look at each other.

I feel myself shrink
in my soul.
My clothing falls away.
My skin bursts into feathers.

I feel my face elongate into a black
ebony beak.
Light dances off the black obsidian feathers.

We stare at each other.

We call to eachother

ka-caw!
ka-caw!

We skip along the green grass
Beat our powerful wings.

Our claws lift from the ground as we catch a hot thermal
our wings billowing from the stiff blast of warm wind.

The sun glints
off our glittering feathers.

Ka-caw!
Ka-caw!

We call
weaving against the rays of
hot
orange and red
sunset light.

The clouds
billow past
bringing the humid tinge
of sweet fresh steam
pouring
into our nostrils.

Ka-caw!
Ka-caw!

Briefly
he glances at me
our rich
wet eyes peering at one another.

But his gaze does not linger
do not want to sacrifice windspeed.

Then, I settle back down to the green grass,
circling
spiraling down the warm thermal slowly.

My talons lightly rest on the ground.

He still circles over head.

Ka-caw!
Ka-caw!

I grow taller
my feathers give way to skin
I replace my clothing.

The reverie ends.

He lands.

I flap my arms and skip towards him.

He waddles away.