The two birds in shades of grey

                                                                   Attribution: Muhammad Mahdi Karim
Image: Mirrors of each Other (here) 

Prompts:
1. Sunday Whirligig's 12 given words:
echoes softness blind body scent bent 
birds shade empty snare crown mirrors

2. 3WW given words:
tasteful selfish realistic 

3. d'Verse's with Naomi's two lines:
Where there was something and suddenly isn’t,
That sizzle like moth wings

Shrill echoes permeated the cool air of morn
Empty of softness reflecting against closed windows
Blind to the body scent of predators lying in wait
Bent on the two birds in shades of grey

Empty of ideas to lay a snare
The predators nonchalantly smacked their lips
Though tasteful of their selfish endeavors
They were being realistic in their contention
They yearned for the jewels in the crown
Yet contrary to their belief, they faltered

Where there was something and suddenly isn’t,
The two birds in shades of grey
Mirrors of each other
That sizzle like moth wings
Gone from their perch

The predators continued with smacking
their now still empty lips
Lying in wait just like before!

Mary's at d'Verse: Poetics: Choose a Line from
Naomi Shihab Nye's  -  Burning the Old Year
MMT's  Sunday Whirligig #50
Thomg's 3WW week #470