For a moment - the world was blanketed in an ominous shade of hazy pink.
The calm before the rain. The only color in an otherwise day that was wet and grey.

I watched as they circled - first in one direction...and then back.
From north to south...and east to west.

I wondered if they were following a prescribed path.
I wondered if there was some grand master plan.
I wondered if they had a destination and a safe place to land.

I wondered what it is that they know...that I do not.

And then I watched as they disappeared out and beyond where I could see.

Flying free.