Me & A Bird on a Wire

me and a bird on a wire 

squaring it away

song birds stuck

 on the lime without a life

fighting for freedom

                       with plumed feathers

crying for dark doors to open 

                           so the nightingale can sing

'not ask for much' I screech,

                                             what about breathe to be seen

reality sweats the behavior 

only to be a fairy tale

I sacrifice my own dignity

                   for others orbit of expanse

i meditate high on the balance

                for fear of mutilation

boundaries close the sky

                                            to a mortar of cloud's formation

amends never tasted so bitter

 as the acrid promise

I am alone perched

                          and I contain so many others

my footing has braced 

a thousand sad sails and smiles

helpless I flutter desperately

                             for the cage is in the distance 

the release still a fall from grace,

 the distance weeping

for struggling echo's which

                                       embrace a sublime sad song

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Reviews

[redflutterby]

How did you know that on this rainy day this is exactly how I feel. The tightness in my chest and inability of my legs to move all signs of talons grasping the wire for dear life. A bird that has lost its song for trying to sing too many songs. You write what stirs in my soul...

[Frieda P]

Sometimes you just feel it in your bones, glad it was affecting dear friend, to better days.....xo

[Jack...]

Suspended above all else, allowing others to make their way home again. So beautiful once again my sweet friend.

I am alone perched
and I contain so many others
my footing has braced
a thousand sad sails and smiles


Your gift is always our gift. Wityhout you I'm not sure this site would be enough.

[Rita L. Sev]

Flight, song, cage - all part of each of us on our Life's journey. The line that made me feel the most in this one:
I sacrifice my own dignity
for others orbit of expanse
How often do we sacrifice so others can fly farther? Kudos on a beautiful poem!

[Jess]

bravo!!

[Frieda P]

thanks!!

[junaid altaf]

reality sweats the behaviour
only to be a fairy tale........
it nade me smile
i dont knw y....................

[Frieda P]

Me either, but I'm glad it did, thanks...

[junaid altaf]

your welcome

[David Scott]

"I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself", a line from a movie that I love...
Other than that, I see this poor creature struggling to just be... Not even sure why, but hanging on.
A very nice visulization of the struggle to create while not destroying the self.

[Frieda P]

Ha GI Jane! thanks David, nice to have you back...

[Coyote Poetry]

A very good song. Cohan is my favorite. I saw him in concert in 1978-1979. I like the poem. I like the use the use of freedom and the bird to make your point. Hard to dance where no-one want to move.
"I am alone perched
and I contain so many others
my footing has braced
a thousand sad sails and smiles"
Thank you for the excellent poem.
Coyote

[Frieda P]

Ahhh, man after my own heart....love that guy, have you heard him recite poetry, his best is reciting Paul Simon's the Sound of Silence. Thanks Coyote!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGEWQRL2sJk&list=HL1359468871

[LA Lorena]

I think we all can relate to the conflict of inner turmoil from time to time. I know personally how it feels to feel like I am having to often sacrifice my own happiness, wants and dreams for the sake of someone else's needs and happiness. You can only sit on that wire for so long.....you either have to learn to have the determination to take flight, or resign yourself to spending life in the cage.

[Frieda P]

I like it better when you're tawkin or writing about sex, the logical LA makes too much sense this time in the morning! ;-)

[LA Lorena]

I'll shut up now and just drink my coffee quietly.

[Frieda P]

Please never shut up...that'd ruin it for everyone! ;-)

[KAOlmsted]

I am the largest (not talking about my girl a*s) fan of Leonard Cohen but...butt?? I only have ear phones with Draculaura and Frankie-Stein and...is that Ghoulia?? on them, so I will refrain from listening to this song...one more GD time ;-) He almost looks like Ian Dury (RIP) in his coat and hat ;-)

Did you write a poem? Like a drunk in a midnight choir...I have zero clue.

xoxo

;-)

[Frieda P]

Like a drunk in a midnight choir, I'm trying to make sense of your incessant ramblings ;-)
read moreLike a drunk in a midnight choir, I'm trying to make sense of your incessant ramblings ;-)

xoxo

[KAOlmsted]

xD

[Carolann Dowsett]

Another great write Frieda, an inner struggle that I think we all go through.

[Frieda P]

Yeah, weird huh? It always feel like we're alone in our pain and confusion but it's universal, thanks Carolann.

[Carolann Dowsett]

True Frieda.