Wandering Albatross Plight, On We Go

• Marcus Dadd, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2013

We face huge storms that not even the biggest vessels can handle but...
On we go

We get harassed by smaller sea going birds but...
On we go

We compete with fishermen over small fish but...
On we go

We travel vast distances to find unpolluted pockets of sea but...
On we go

Surviving winter gales on shore we struggle to keep warm but...
On we go

Fighting aggressively over mates, injuring each other but...
On we go

Building mounds of mud for our eggs and chicks, maybe just maybe the mound won't collapse but...
On we go

Hoping that this year our chicks will survive to adult hood, for not many do but..
On we go

Our chicks get taken every year in vast numbers by hungry cats but...
On we go

When our chicks get older we face another problem of stopping them from crash landing into land when they fly for the first time but...
On we go

Survival despite all the perils we face....
On we go