Black Cockatoo

Black cockatoo soaring through the air

So fast if you blinked it wouldn’t be there

As dark as the night you cannot see it 

Hiding in the trees 

Swooping down when it needs

Flying away when you get too close.

Lonely in the stringybark gum 

Even with a bright red flash on its bum

There's rarely two of this black cockatoo

Flying between trees 

Sitting and staring at you

Before it flies off again.