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Cicada

Stained glass                           Stained glass wings, vulnerably 
  fragile wings                       high above churchs window
    small scapulae                overlooking altar, priests   
      wild hair                    choir boys in awe
         clouded mind      scared citizens

                Cautiously freed cicada wings
                       hidden for too long
                     spit upon, never seen

           Cicada, colourless and trampled
          unfolds itself,                preparing a
         first,         frightening jump,      flying
        away with                 fragile glass wings
       Stained person                colourful person

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December 6, 2016
Copyright © Darren White

analogyfreedommetaphorfree verse

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Chris Green

Date: 6/6/2017 9:11:00 AM

There must be an echo in here but, is there no end to your talent. That first step, first flight on new, untested, fragile glass wings...basically a leap of faith into the unknown. So a cool design and a poem that reads whatever direction the reader choses to move their eyes. Yep...no end to your talent my friend.

Darren White
Date: 6/6/2017 9:37:00 AM

That was fun to write you know? Hard to do too. Thanks Chris :)

Roy Pett

Date: 6/6/2017 4:16:00 AM

Absolutely amazing Darren, is there no end to your talent, brilliant poem. :))

Darren White
Date: 6/6/2017 5:00:00 AM

Thanks Roy :) Happy you like it!

Maria Williams

Date: 6/6/2017 3:37:00 AM

Amazing in its form, amazing in the words you've used , every day you surprise me even more. Is there no ends to your talents??.... Maria

Darren White
Date: 6/6/2017 3:56:00 AM

Thank you Maria, hugs :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/5/2017 6:30:00 PM

So interesting, Darren. You are a whiz kid with so many types of poetry (thanks for reading both versions of it. You are in a small minority who liked it free verse.)

Darren White
Date: 6/6/2017 1:14:00 AM

I saw, and friendly disagree with the commenters ;) I stay with my opinion: the free verse one is so far more powerful. Thanks for the comment here, Andrea :)

Tim Smith

Date: 6/5/2017 2:13:00 PM

I saw this but never commented...an amazing creation

Darren White
Date: 6/6/2017 1:15:00 AM

Thanks Tim, hally you like it :)

Verlecia Fields

Date: 6/5/2017 9:43:00 AM

the picture and the poem - together made think of angles - and she/he watching the congregation at church , but the poem by itself made think of a cicada at church flying around at church service - and then on the ground as people are leaving with or without what was to be learned (p.s. NCLD )

Darren White
Date: 6/5/2017 9:46:00 AM

Thanks for the interpretation Verlecia. I love it how for everyone a different meaning can be read. That's wonderful. By the way, what does NCLD mean? :)

Elizabeth Kinch

Date: 6/5/2017 12:51:00 AM

Amazing write and fabulous formation Darren. Superb!

Darren White
Date: 6/5/2017 1:38:00 AM

Elizabeth, thank you so much!