A Metal Bird

as i walked up and down, in search of food and pasture 
everyone in my village laughed, for i was weak and an ameture 
i will not lie, for it was, but true, always alone, a loner, without a crew 
my life was disappoiting, as the son of an elder, who looked down upon me, like, like metal and his welder. 

as i was lazy, i sat on a rock, 
forgetting the food and pasture like it was a joke. 
as my eyes begun to shut, before i was awaken, 
loud noise in the air, the biggest bird i ever so, 
like it was from heaven. 

metal wings, that did not move, 
it was not like anyother bird, it was very well improved 
it did not flap it's wings, but the speed it brings? 
you could not wink yet alone blink. 

ran into my village to tell them the news, knowing this story was full of juice, 
when i reached, they where all in shock, 
thinking what i thought is what they thought, 
later on you will find out, that it was but not,  
for i brought news of a bird, but all they wanted, was news of food and pasture. 

(later, when i was educated, the bird, was but a plane)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Oyooh Avatar
August 5, 2013 at 11:47 PM
in your first line of the first stanza, did you mean to be poetic when you said, ''.....in such of.....''?
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August 4, 2013 at 5:55 PM
Ha, thank you for this one. reminds me of a time I told everyone in my house hold, the dog climbed the tree. LOL, years later I knew why the dog was on the tree... the tree was slant, LOL, yes! with the top falling to the ground... hahaha.. Glad growing ages and educates the mind.. nice story, very entertaining... love~ Linda
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