little bird sorrows - a song of compassion

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Susan
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walking the surreal

0 posted 2005-01-29 12:28 PM

sorrow sounds weep
from words

blue upon page

and my heart          aches

with compassion and tender

such little sparrows broken

wings flail and impotent
clipped by worldly woes
or battered by whirling winds

would that I could        enfold them

within the healing touch
of a soul over flowing
in hard won understanding

my eyes,

they cry          pools of knowing

and these fingers

long            to soothe

I wish to say

“it’s okay”        and mean it

and have the words come true

but alas,

I too am but a little bird
long fallen from the nest

Yet -- still

I would sing to you a song of sweet

and pray

for healing

s.a.t.

If I wander far enough, long enough, will I finally know . . .

DavePage
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Posts 2917

1 posted 2005-01-29 12:36 PM

Susan

I go into my garden and just stay leaning against a fence and blackbirds will come to see me and perch in a tree about 2 foot away.

Sparrows, finches live from the berries and some eat oats would you believe, whilst the Blackbirds love catfood.

Nuts and seed and everything are them for then but the enfolding is when they ignore you as if you weren't there.

I liked your words.

Dave

Lighthousebob
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2 posted 2005-01-29 12:47 PM

A very nice song of compassion.... I once, also, had the opportunity to become a sparrow in my own mind and when one becomes a sparrow, as you have here, we do realize how curiously fragile we truly are and how wonderfully precious truly life can be. Very very much enjoyed your song. -Bob

Susan
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walking the surreal

3 posted 2005-01-29 09:45 PM

Thank you my friends - seems to be a lot of sadness all around - wish it were different - sometimes I wonder what's it all for?

Hugs -

Susan

If I wander far enough, long enough, will I finally know . . .

Midnitesun

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Gaia

4 posted 2005-01-30 01:32 AM

Sparrows are lovely little songbirds, playful and generally oblivious to our human foibles. It saddens me when even one baby falls from the nest, or suffers a broken wing. But my heart really breaks for all the human babies who fall, never getting their full share of flight time.

passing shadows
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5 posted 2005-01-30 01:40 AM

Susan, you are a compassionate lady indeed

Ratleader

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6 posted 2005-01-30 10:41 AM

I love the way you use space in this poem....a textbook example of how to foreground your message in that way, without flogging the reader with it. Well done!

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Susan
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walking the surreal

7 posted 2005-01-30 11:46 AM

It will be lovely to have all the little birds singing and playing again come spring, perhaps then too joy will permeate the hearts of my friends as well as myself -

thank you my friends, for your replies

thanks Ed for the comments - it's nice to know when something works -

Hugs - Susan

If I wander far enough, long enough, will I finally know . . .

*Alli4000*

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8 posted 2005-01-30 12:41 PM

I am just speechless.....

~Alli~

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Alicia
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9 posted 2005-01-30 12:58 PM

"my eyes,

they cry          pools of knowing

and these fingers

long            to soothe

I wish to say

“it’s okay”        and mean it

and have the words come true",...

me too. this is so soft and touching.
thanks for letting us hear your heart speak.

RSWells
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10 posted 2005-01-30 01:05 PM

Yes it is a song of compassion. And even the smallest trill, the slightest chirrup from a phantom source is hope through a darkened day. Enjoyed

Poets against the war is redundant

VAS
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11 posted 2005-01-30 01:27 PM

full of compassion and tenderness...your need brings you the wisdom of understanding another's plight

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Earth Angel
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12 posted 2005-01-30 03:13 PM

Susan ~

You are as pretty as a picture! ~ and sing the sweetest songs of compassion. Your sweet, sensitive poetry reveals your specialness.

Hugs with love,
Linda

Susan
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walking the surreal

13 posted 2005-01-30 03:37 PM

Thank you dear friends for your replies - each is a song of its own of kindness and sweet souls - I so appreciate your warmth -

Hugs -

Susan

If I wander far enough, long enough, will I finally know . . .

inkedgoddess
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Ohio

14 posted 2005-01-31 11:00 PM

sweet little sparrow
between the now emtpy spaces
more than ever
your melody fills the ache
while we wait for the
crowning of the daffodils

Susan
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walking the surreal

15 posted 2005-01-31 11:03 PM

what a lovely reply - M - thank you-

Susan

If I wander far enough, long enough, will I finally know . . .

Greeneyes

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16 posted 2005-01-31 11:41 PM

and sigh....

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My Shadow is the only one
that walks beside me
~~**~~

JamesMichael
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17 posted 2005-01-31 11:55 PM

Very nice...James

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