#augery

caught in the eye of a blackbird,

desaturated, misshapen.

The bird tilts his head up,

staring at a wooden staff,

stretches his wings

and hops towards a doorway.

The blackbird takes flight

and I awaken

Today I saw two actual ravens* and a great-tailed grackle. All in the same day.

What omen is this? Accepting wrong answers only.

*I promise they weren’t crows** even though the two of them were sort of in the same location***

**don’t @ me I took ornithology okay, I know ravens are rural and alone and look like maybe they need a shower and tried to fake it with dry shampoo

Small portraits of all my “current” dungeons and dragons characters. Starting from top left:

Human Cleric Geneva Wood Eld Druid Ashera Tiefling Warlock Augery Water Genesia Monk Rain Sun Elf Fighter Vivianna

wide as the horizon,

blending with the ground;

fuzzy; in the distance,

Clouds.

Each step a heartbeat closer,

closing distance

with every measure I write.

She waits patiently,

listening to the blackbirds song.

“Soon my love, we are waiting