I was domesticated by Egyptians,
More than five thousand years ago,
I can see very well far from a distance,
At least from forty kms, a long shot!
Can you distinguish as many colors as I can see?
I dare to say you cannot, is a deed
I can defeat any human with my sight,
I can travel without paying for a flight.
I can fly one thousand kms a day,
I am very strong, though not heavy,
Very little, but clever, I can say
I can live for thirty years, while you are just a bevy.
My feces were not discarded
In the inventive seventeenth century,
They were used to produce gunpowder,
You could say I caused anyone's injury.
My genetic memory is awakened
By all the buildings in the city,
We are roaming, sometimes shaken
By cats and people with no pity.
I used to live in rocky ledges and cliffs,
I evolved on the shores of North Africa
And the Mediterranean Sea,
I love hard surfaces, don't you agree?
During many of this civilization's wars,
I was an excellent carrier,
Taking news, breaking barriers,
Amidst and over those devastating gores.
I am the gracious pigeon,
I am proud of myself,
I am the flying intelligence,
I am the endurance itself!
