"Please, Little Sparrow..."

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Open Poetry #33

"Please, Little Sparrow..."

klm
Member

since 2004-09-07

Posts 58
New Orleans, Atlanta

0 posted 2004-09-11 03:21 PM

Please, little sparrow with fluffy down,
come be my friend
don't wing away,
my tears swell easily
this cold, gray day.

A tender memory
cleft
my heart's wound
and now my eyes o'er flow
with melting pain--
warm thoughts returned too soon.
O, little sparrow,
peeking
from Winter's shivering bough,
please flutter down
on airy path--
light near.
Trill your sweet song,
your one note cheer,
wipe my weeping heart
with choral weave,
dry these pains
that flood my brow.
Look, little friend,
another needs you near--
a tiny sapling's
torn
from its Mother dear
who weeps thick tears--
anguished,
as her little one
withers
near.
Sweet, fluffy one,
I
as the Mother pine
could not reach out
and help
my hurting, tender ones--
my life.
Strong, cold winds
had whisked them far from me--
my darling daughter,
my gentle son,
my loving wife.
So please little sparrow,
don't fly away,
come near
and just a moment stay.
Tomorrow
I'll bring a morsel fresh
to warm your chill
chase hunger's fear.
For now,
just trill your little song
and help me
please,
to stem
these trickling tears.

miscellanea
Member Elite

since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

1 posted 2004-09-11 03:48 PM

Wow. Such a tender, gentle write. I don't know what inspired this, but it makes me think of those who have suffered the devastion of the hurricane. But...then again, it could speak of a lonely soul, too.
It leaves a nice space for interpretation.
Enjoyed.
miscellanea

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

2 posted 2004-09-11 05:50 PM

This touches my heart with a tug of compassion -

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2004-09-11 07:34 PM

what emotion a little bird can bring

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