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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Bird

I took a bird from your hair when I was kissing you
--or, perhaps, I placed it there.
You see, I become as forgetful as surf, as unreliable as air.

That night, I carried my stolen bird inside my sweatshirt,
the one you lifted off my arms,
to sample the warm melt of me, a lighted wick within a wax-filled jar.

That night, the bird sang, causing the moon to rise.
How can you send me away, alone,
when the sun is none the wiser and my heart, like my bird's,

beats so rapid--poor brief thing!-- and so strong?
_____

13 comments:

  1. Birds seem equally adept at nesting, and at flying away. Another gorgeous love poem, Shay.

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  2. "to sample the warm melt of me, a lighted wick within a wax-filled jar." Sigh. So lovely. How could anyone send away such love?

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  3. I love the way you use the motif of birds in your poetry. Exquisite.

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  4. The bird inside the sweater.. like a fluttering heart, love how you used that image.

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  5. or perhaps I placed it there.......










    ALOHA
    ComfortSpiral
    =^..^=

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  6. Such a glorious poem of love...it can be so elusive and free like a bird....yet we long to keep it within our grasp...if only we always could...beautiful writing as always Shay!

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  7. Indeed! I should be held, and gently. But some avoid the fragile and close (which love is when new and still winged like a bird.)

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  8. Oh wow, such tender words I have not heard in a long, long time....

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  9. Beautiful poem. Wow. Just wow.

    Pat
    Critter Alley

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