I Am

I am like a bird whose wings have broken and cannot fly-damaged, fluttering hopelessly on the ground seeking the sky I am like a whale who swam too close the shore, stranded thrashing about in the waves yearning for the open sea I am like a tree who bares no leaves as I sway in the breeze- standing tall in the rich soil, yet diseased and dying I am like a sky without moon and stars to light me-dark waiting like a fire that has turned to ash I am like an island that has been consumed by the sea-forever lost- once people roamed about me and played on my shore I am like the gift wrapped in gold with promises of riches-fake my bows and paper a delightful sight- with nothing inside. I was a flock of geese flying high -wild and free soaring above fields of green- over the sea to distant lands I was a graceful whale swimming freely in the ocean playing in the waves and staying away from the shore I was a tree with heavy branches of green new leaves- alive in a thick forest, tall and strong, reaching for the sun I was a sky whose stars shone so brightly with a full moon my stars would light up in the darkness and shine over seas I was an island, small with shores where people would laugh and play visitors admired my rugged cliffs and lush green fields, I was a brightly covered gift holding treasures within-delightful my contents gleamed waiting to be unwrapped. I was these and many things until you left-now I am no more.