Life Itself

(this isn't some boring poem 'bout a bird, just so you know) Also, instead of reading the description, just read the poem.

(this isn't some boring poem 'bout a bird, just so you know)

Staring at a pecking bird through my screen window

seems to be a representation of what life should be,

With darts and turns, pecks and frets,

In each moment its beak is encapsulated by

a new crosshatched square of my window screen.

The bird's hyperactive feet are limited by my perceptions.

It turns it's eyes at the terror of a mailman

in an instant.

I can't perceive any speed in it's motions.

The bird moves only from one moment to the next.

Although I've life within myself,

knowing fully what it's like to hold such an essence,

I've no idea how that essence spans from fowl to bear.

The same carbons and phosphorus dance between us all.

The same obfuscatory meanderings of life

are seen, up from the migration patterns of monolithic whales

down to the darting indecisiveness of electrons.

Each form of life follows an ineffable path.

However, we as men have meandered from said path,

gathering instead bowed lowly before

the lights born from our own ingenuity.

Never shall our hearts be on fire 'till we flee from our own lights, and find again the path of life. The path of creation.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

An interesting write. Humans lost the plot sometime ago when materialism became master. We can learn alot from the animal kingdom. Sadly we just destroy them. Birds are so important to me. The blackbirds in my garden sing each morning for joy. They ask for nothing, and yet they give so much. If you want reviews, you have to be patient. The way to get them is to review the work of others. Do that and they will reciprocate. You have to do many reviews to start building up your responses. There is no fix in the system, you have to earn it and it takes time. You then get regular callers. Your work is decent, you need to work on callers. Good luck.

Chris

[Erudite]

I know I gotta review others to get reviews. But, if I can easily see the fix in the system, then the system should adopt my ideas.

thanks for the review :)

[Chris Shaw]

No pain, no gain. It's taken you long enough to respond:) No easy fix, just hard work.

[Erudite]

And what the heck do you mean "callers?" What kinda callers are you getting?

[Chris Shaw]

"callers, why another way of saying reviewers of course. People who check in and read your work :)