Wednesday, March 16, 2005

loose the bird in my soul

how many obedient
birds do you know

some sit on fingers
domesticated in cages

some fly so high,
circling
that only an eye can
touch these birds

some visit
unexpectedly
delighting us with their
movements

some are visitors
for a time
and then gone

often, I think
if I were a bird

that my best times
would be when
I was the farthest
away

I would
dip and s o a r

and only when
I felt a need for food
would I set myself
down

t o d a y
I am a bird

my mind takes me
to places that only
birds can go

high a top
cliffs and ledges
no other creature
around

only the w i n d

I would know
my strength
I would see the
places of humans
from afar

they can not
tame me

I think my name
is s p i r i t b i r d

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