Isn't it enough that birds can fly? or Paper Wings

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Open Poetry #12

Isn't it enough that birds can fly? or Paper Wings

jellybeans
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since 2000-10-13

Posts 2298

0 posted 2001-02-02 09:55 AM

Silent too long, my heart has
turned to stone, stark empty
staring into the past
when hope sprang from tears
like weeds, and I minded not
the gardening nor the rain,
each day was not the same
solicitous pain.
Calendar pages now taunt the
wearing thin
of the year, but
what cares a statue of night
and of cold, and sun that warms
not to the bone?
The seasons need no tending
they ask naught from a companion
with a heart of stone.
Why craves then a statue, to
cast off clumsy feet and fly?
Isn't it enough that birds are able
to share the sky?

Soaring, life filling wings outstretched,
they uncurtain my smile
coaxing the corners up
willing the soft pulse of life
to course through my veins
Lastly, laughter bubbles free
from imprisoned walls,
i can wiggle my toes, my arms...
stretch wide.

laryalee
Member

since 2000-06-19

Posts 352
Alberta, Canada

1 posted 2001-02-02 11:10 AM

jellybeans - a true gem! Your words beg to be hugged....your pictures exquisite. The healing is underway....
Love it immensely!
Lary

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2001-02-02 11:21 AM

Jellybean,
Very nice I really enjoyed the read.

jellybeans
Member Elite

since 2000-10-13

Posts 2298

3 posted 2001-02-02 12:22 PM

lary, and seymore, thank you so much, sigh, nice to touch hearts with my 'paper wings'

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