And I Want To Fly Away
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and I want to fly away
I sigh
long and sad
for I have years and
lifetimes
and oceans of sadness
to let go of
from d e e p , deep inside me . . .
and I want to F L Y away-
but I am walking . . .
it is WINTER
with a freezing wind
and the snow is c r u n c h i n g under my feet
I smell churned up earth, and
the DECAY of dead flowers
and whispers
from the graves I pass by . . .
the day is d a r k
no sun shines
just thick dark clouds hang like ghosts
and it is snowing
and the sky is w e e p i n g white
hidden, a bird cries like a new baby
and I want to fly a w a y_
but I follow
the hearse carrying my baby boy
oh, I feel detached
a watcher of this scene . . .
I hear the prayers DRIFTING among the stones
and in the b a r r e n snow covered trees
but the smell of roses is choking
me, then . . . .
my family turn and are leaving
but I am a STATUE weeping alone
I sigh
long and sad
and then, I am
s
i
n
g
i
n
g a lullaby
for my baby
it is drifting and f l o a t i n g in the wind . . .
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August 24, 2021 Edit
Poetry/Free Verse/and I want to fly away
Copyright Protected, ID 08-1384-097-24
All Rights Reserved, 2021, Constance La France
Submitted to the Standard contest, A Brian Strand You Choose
sponsor, Brian Strand, Judged 08/24/2021
Copyright © Constance La France | Year Posted 2021
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