Prescience

in a dream I seemed a bird flinging myself at a cage
the cage was nothing special
then I found staircases 

only partially finished.
it was a long way down to the ground

where there were small holes in the earth
and rain filled them up.
then the ocean came through

I could see it before it happened

and said to each one in the dream
there will be a flood and,
Flee

but no one heard me
no one believed me
so I left on my own.

mary angela douglas 19 october 2017