Best Poems Written by Tony Crowther

Reaching For Heaven

I spied the dark little spitfires
fork-tailed and white breasted,
over the river bank
and then my head they crested
 
Then the couple would part
to scour the tops of the reeds
and meet triumphant
amongst the leafy trees
 
Their speedy haphazard unreasonable flight
 filled  me with a piqued delight
Why couldn’t I live their life for a day?
To sing their exquisite joy,
to speed,  to swoop,
to somersault, to dart and loop
but sadly I am forever earthbound

But in my mind
having escaped this earthly prison
I may be a house martin
reaching for heaven

Copyright © Tony Crowther | Year Posted 2015