Torn Wings

A.B. Jakobsen

[I]

I've had my chances in times before

But prosperous skies have turned black as ink

As i am cooped away by my inglenook

By silenced words that diffidence took

And though I swear I hear her song 

I saw a hundred birds where only one should belong

They sit in my tree thoughtlessly chirping   

A withered den from where they spew    

Whence her song once always sang true

 

[II]

Faded reminiscences have run through my head

About youthful spirit and brighter days

Long before my heart had bled

And long before it worded its ways 

I know not whether your heart still beats

Or to where you may have flown

As loneliness murkies the weather overhead     

Fated for I am trapped in a time long past 

Where all others ventured out I am standing at last

 

[III]

Now with every passing year and every sullen day

The good that was within me has withered away

And questions arise that only you could answer  

But perhaps it is mercy I’ve lost my flight

As seclusion has morphed to cerebral deviltry

The culmination of every ghost of  spite 

Take to your wings and escape my perverted enmity   

For my wings have been torn long ago  

My only company is all throe after throe

 

22/7/2022       

  • Author: A.B. Jakobsen (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 21st, 2022 18:43
  • Comment from author about the poem: An insatiate yearn which will never be placated.
  • Category: Love
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  • L. B. Mek

    'I saw a hundred birds where only one should belong
    They sit in my tree thoughtlessly chirping
    A withered den from where they spew
    Whence her song once always sang true'..
    once, we come across
    the melody that speaks to our heart
    all other music, pales
    in comparison...
    (thanks for sharing
    such wonderful imagery, and
    core metaphor, so well realised)

    • A.B. Jakobsen

      Thank you for your kind words. I suppose all melodies, mellifluous or ragged, quiet or loud can only be heard under the right ears.

      Thank you for reading!



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