.
.
when your nightingale songs
are rewarded with a golden cage
and
your peacock paintings
deprive you of your private sky
;
when you cannot find any fish
to feed your seagull soul
but
folly, fake, and foul galore
;
when there's no mountain or any haven
for your seclusion eagle
and
your cherished bonds
unwillingly kill your migratory skylarks
;
when you cannot rejoice in
the hustle and bustle of everyday sparrows
and
fear the hungry hunters of graceful patridges
as much as
the caring pamperers of homely chickens
;
when flattering mouths look down upon
your fluttering nightly doves
and
cumulative honking cars
mute your swan solos
;
when nobody believes in
phoenixes and simorghs anymore
and
you find nowhere to hide and hatch
the eggs of your truth
except in your eyes
;
be
the adapting
omnivorous
monotonous
inconspicuous
black-eyed
crow
are rewarded with a golden cage
and
your peacock paintings
deprive you of your private sky
;
when you cannot find any fish
to feed your seagull soul
but
folly, fake, and foul galore
;
when there's no mountain or any haven
for your seclusion eagle
and
your cherished bonds
unwillingly kill your migratory skylarks
;
when you cannot rejoice in
the hustle and bustle of everyday sparrows
and
fear the hungry hunters of graceful patridges
as much as
the caring pamperers of homely chickens
;
when flattering mouths look down upon
your fluttering nightly doves
and
cumulative honking cars
mute your swan solos
;
when nobody believes in
phoenixes and simorghs anymore
and
you find nowhere to hide and hatch
the eggs of your truth
except in your eyes
;
be
the adapting
omnivorous
monotonous
inconspicuous
black-eyed
crow
.
.
7 comments:
link to the original post on my blog:
http://dearteachercrow.blogspot.com/2008/06/avicide.html
A beautifully intense and haunting piece. I really love how you shape your stanzas for maximum impact of the work!
Let's hear it for the crows. Very nicely done.
The harsh reality of a necessary adaptation. Beautiful as always hb.
"the hustle and bustle of everyday sparrows."
One of many great lines in a great poem.
Very fond of crows myself. Thanks for the poem, human being. I really liked this one.
Charlse...
thanks a lot for encouraging words... and noticing the shape of the stanzas... happy you liked it!
Zaina...
(blush!)
:)
Akeith...
caaaw! caaaw! this means a lot, my friend!
thanks!
Francis...
yep! right on target!
Stephen Hawking says, intelligence is the ability to adapt to change...
;)
thanks for nice words, my friend...
Megan...
wow! falp! flap! flap!
crow is just s o a r i n g . . .
:D
me too like that line very much!
:)
Old 333...
ah... this is great! crows are such misunderstood creatures...
thanks a lot for reading and encourgaging words...
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