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eloquent birds




"eloquent birds"

eloquent birds 
pass my eyes 
the sky heavy 
full-bellied pregnant
and hailstorm green 
it lifts
their wings 
signing
singing
other worlds away
heart beats
up and down 
down and up
notes written
the clouds ripening
ready to burst
will spill 
like a dam
notes beat
down and up
up and down  
two-in-two 
written 
like a heart 
across 
a boxed-in
tumbling 
storm cloud sky
and the 
boats racing
sail on by 
and the child
inside inside inside
like a ghost 
cries, cries, cries 
down and up 
up and down
eloquent birds
pass my eyes
their wings 
singing 
signing
heart beats away
up and down 
down and up
up and down
rain drops fall
like warm tears 
descending 
the cheeks 
of windows
notes written 
across a boxing 
storm cloud sky 

unboxing 
red ribbons 
the present 
rising chords 
like violet notes 
taken in their 
freedom beaks
above it all

and the boats racing
sail on by
two-on-two
under the eyes 
of emeralds 
boxing ghosts
shadowed blue

(LadyLabyrinth/2023)
Boxing Day, 26.12.23
Sydney, Australia








"Strange though, it's a lie, it's true
Same old pain though, it's new
No shame, you have the right to choose
Love won't judge those few

Pretty little bird in a ghost garden
Lovely little world in the garden
I'm a little bird in a ghost garden
Just a little ghost in the garden

I'm gonna' sharpen my sight, I'm gonna' sharpen
I'm gonna' sharpen my sight just like a knife"











dam.
a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level
dam. 
female parent of an animal
damsel.


Copyright © | Year Posted 2023




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Date: 12/28/2023 12:42:00 AM
“I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.” Rumi
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 12/28/2023 12:42:00 AM
Yep, I agree with that one. ;)
Date: 12/25/2023 12:39:00 PM
1; 2; 11.
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Date: 12/25/2023 12:05:00 PM
Boxing Day, Sydney, Australia. Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, 26/12/23.
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 12/25/2023 12:05:00 PM
https://www.rolexsydneyhobart.com/about-the-race/course/the-start/
Date: 12/25/2023 12:04:00 PM
"Ghost Garden"/Dhani Harrison, Album: "Innerstanding". Son of George Harrison.
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 12/25/2023 12:06:00 PM
LYRICS/"Ghost Garden", Dhani Harrison https://genius.com/Dhani-harrison-ghost-garden-lyrics
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 12/25/2023 12:05:00 PM
https://youtu.be/skujMWs0YhE?si=ImuE0Ps7pg8WtQsA

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