sylviasearcher

Ode to Dead Bird

 

I arose 
To death 
In my garden
This morn


Slumped 
Lifeless 
Blood lukewarm
Mangled maybe 
But still whole
More or less
I think 


I knelt 
To grieve 
In my graveyard 
This dawn 

 

Old cloth
Covered 
Sheen of black
Hand shook
Heart raced
Eyes couldn’t look
I sink 

 

I numbed
To knowing 
In my mind
This wild 

 

Boxed
Shut up
Shut in
Shut out 
I need
A burial 
I think