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Feather
A feather’s last
flight
is lonely
Taken
from
blood and bone
It soon
may fly
alone
Through clouds
may it whisper
light and
silky
But too
may a feather
drop
To dirt
and dirt only
Nature’s breath
never have
reached,
purred along
its ridges
Though,
if hope
come along
and sweep
Even the
most solemn
of Earth’s
trenches
Take with it
this dear friend
whose never
sung among
the winds
And let its
edges
split but
never shatter
Now,
Let it course;
Sweet mountain
hides
it
scrapes
Gentle leaves
it
wavers
Colored stems
it
bends
Such that
plump seeds
let fall
For
feather
is carried
by a
mother’s
strong hand.
Alas,
Soon
so feather
finds again
its wings
And tells
of the
dances
with
blossomed trees
Of moonlight
swims
through cities nights
Of droplets
freed from ice
by breeze
Then,
brass be unclasped
beak
toes
unleashed
Cage
sinks away
now clouds
to stay
Then feather
melts
Its journey’s
end
To become
dirt
again
As the rest of
her feathers,
Find
the wind.
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