I Look'd Outside My Window There

Samuel Maximilian

I look’d outside my window there

And saw a bird fly high.

I glanced down at the papers on

my desk: another dead.

 

I look’d outside at skies so fair:

Their beauty made me cry.

I thought of all my friends now gone:

My heart was dipped in lead.

 

I look’d within my heart and saw

A thousand quiet pains.

I saw a pigeon bird, and knew

That all it loved was life.

 

I look’d within my heart and raw

Was I at those pale strains.

I look’d without and saw ’twas true:

We all were wrong in strife.

 

What secrets then have they that we

Somehow have not at all?

What have we lost that we once had

That would then mend it all?

  • Author: Samuel Maximilian (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 17th, 2025 18:35
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  • sorenbarrett

    A poem with cold feelings to it. It feels stark and a bit dark. Well written

    • Samuel Maximilian

      Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment. I'm glad you liked it.

    • Poetic Licence

      I got a sense of the search for the nicer parts of man, that quickly disappearing, nicely expressed and written

      • Samuel Maximilian

        Thank you. Indeed, what a search that is: beauty and cruelty in equal parts, it seems. I'm glad you liked it. Your comment reminds me of one of my favorite poems, Pope's The Riddle of the World, come to think of it.

        • Poetic Licence

          You are very welcome

        • Priya Tomar

          So beautiful !



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