Petrified Feathers

You singed
the last feather off my back
took away    my sky   my flight 
Congratulations, lady fire   you win    
I surrender.   

I'm leaving... 
You can choke on those feathers for all I care.
When true warmth, true peace blows my way
I'll regrow a new pristine flight.
Regain the sky-high ground
and
watch you sink into the zinc cold earth.
Weighted down with singed flight feathers
petrified into silence.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Yvonne Avatar
October 29, 2014 at 5:53 PM
Without touching on what this means to you...I will say this, this just an excellent write, excellent!
Marcum Wong Avatar
September 28, 2014 at 3:47 AM
I can relate....it is very cathartic to put pain to words and release it from festering inside. Let it go! As I keep hearing my little two and half year old granddaughter trying to sing the 'Frozen song'. She only knows the words 'let it go'. Haha. Blessings, Connie
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