A summer poetry contest from The River

The River Journal has issued a summer poetry contest to a photo prompt. Here is the Facebook page. The photo is this brilliant photo:Here is what I came up with: UncertaintyAcross the miles my thoughts fly to youA swarm of golden mothsTo beat at the window panes of the darkWill you hear them and let them inOr will you sleep and wake to find them at dawn, dead on the sillWill you gather them in a towel and throw them awayThey will continue to flyUntil they form a golden rainbow over sea and landAcross which I could walkYou send a voice to meOn brittle wings, dove-gray wingsBut it flies through a course of nets and snaresReaching me it falls exhaustedAnd with its dying breathIt whispers a word I cannot graspI look at the skyAnd feel I’m stuck hereA tree with severed roots