I Have Waited As a Bird

My sky yields heroes of long ago, felt as strange sensations

They take control of all I have ever known to be

With eyes that watch what comes this way 

From those faces my sun cannot see

Memories of them lie anchored above a line of tangled trees 

With branches full of doves of hope that softly sing

Lingering declarations into the light of dawn

In their perfect campaign, voices ring

I have waited as a bird in a cage who dreams to freely fly

Here sleeping while the world moves me to wake

By dipping a pen into the ink of my veins

Creating outlines for me to take

My restless heart beats swift, echoes sweetly into my sky

Into the breezes that yield my heroes of long ago

To come take control of all I know to be

Help me to discover what is so

I have been here as a shadow poured into a secret cage

Calling on fate and chance to come and rescue me

My heroes of long ago never held the key

I could fly if the sky I would just see

Author's Note

Holding ourselves back with invisible barriers............

*Artist - Xie Yu Chu - http://www.jiyougallery.com/Summer-Rose-p14519.html

Reviews

[Karina Longo]

It's interesting, even though you've set this as 'poetry', and of course, it has a beautiful poetic flow and imagery, I could personally classify this piece as lyricwriting as well - it's like a mix of the both. The last stanza would make a wonderful chorus. :) This is an inspiring writing, so serene.

[almaraye]

A beautiful writing, wonderful poem Neva .

[Tomás Ó C..]

Interesting poem...

[Ruth]

And this is such a powerful poem love..I always find reading your work a real journey..always a powerful message or imagery to think over, long after I have read :) xx

[Kenneth The Poet]

Sometimes the invisible ones are the hardest to conquer.

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Such a powerful read, lovely imagery.
I enjoyed reading this

[Forest Green]

Excellent use of metaphor in your poem; the caged bird has always been a 'mixed blessing' to me; while it allows us to see such creations up close, it causes one to wonder at the sanity of it all. Truly there are parts of our lives that feel the confinement expressed in you lines, how to free them without destroying something that is real is the challenge.

Nice work...!

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Powerful wording and a gripped sense of reality and life lesson, well done, great read.

[John Jackson (El Juero)]

Love the premise, which you built into a very robust work. Masterful, stand alone sentences woven together contribute to a delightful and thought provoking read.
Gracias!

[lostboy]

those we look up to help create our destiny..as our hopes fly away we hope they will return fullfilled or perhaps we fly after them. should we search for our destiny or let it find us?

Very nice. The personification in this one is really intriguing. Left me with some interesting imagery to ponder.