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THE BIRD

August 4, 2012
By Songs_Along GOLD, Abcd, Other
Songs_Along GOLD, Abcd, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"Sometimes we are only given a few minutes to be with the one we love and a thousand hours to spend just thinking about them."


THE BIRD
A bird perches on a mango tree in the yonder,
It is blue in hue with green imbued.
Its motility is limited,
From the nest, to the tree
From the tree, to the nest.
Confined in what she thinks to be ‘a happy home’,
She is distressed, she is grieved,
As the wind propels it in some diametric direction.
She cuts the wind, she argues
She pleads, she requests, but does the wind pay heed?
I gaze at that blue-green suffused stunner from my window sill,
Her stillness on this chilly morning intrigues me.
I admire her efforts to fight the wrong.
But then, BANG!
I shut my window as hard as I can,
Afraid to see any more
Afraid to accept, afraid to admit.
But in my mind, in my soul,
The question remains-
Am I THE BIRD?


The author's comments:
I drew the inspiration for this poem frm THE MIRROR-by Sylvia Plath. It's an experiment at symbolic poetry...hope u like it :)

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Zoya_Khan GOLD said...
on Jan. 11 2013 at 7:12 am
Zoya_Khan GOLD, Gujranwala, Other
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Favorite Quote:
Where LOGIC ends, FAITH begins.<br /> - Zoya Khan

Very nice :) :) :)

MadHater said...
on Aug. 25 2012 at 3:06 am
MadHater, Trophy Club, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.&quot;<br /> -Abraham Lincoln<br /> <br /> or<br /> <br /> &quot;The price of success is responsibility.&quot;<br /> -Winston Churchill

Very well written. The ending was very clever.

on Aug. 14 2012 at 5:14 am
fidgetyfrog GOLD, Panchkula, Other
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don&#039;t matter and those who matter don&#039;t mind&quot;- Dr. Seuss

interesting with an eirie air.