Red Bird
Worlds collide in my throat
as the galaxy of my heart is
torn asunder. Desperation lives
in my eyes, sweet salty sweat
pours down the avenging slippery
slopes of my brow.
Never knowing, always searching
Never finding, always lost
Lost among friends
Lost among family
Lost among myself
How I wish I could escape.
The doorbell rings
the wind chimes jingle
their dancing song against
the soothing wind.
I listen, I hear, I obey
I smell the fragrance
of the incense of my heart
burning, yearning to rise to
the highest potential, the ceiling
fan at least. To be caught
up with the current of the
arms outstretched, to over-
throw all other senses
I lift and spin
losing all of my consciousness
in a looping track of
ecstasy.
The most joyful dance, the
most joyful longing. To be
set free amongst
green fields, golden beaches,
red bricks, white snow
clear blue sky. The Red-
Bird of my heart is crying
to be set free. It's longing
to be separated from that
Iron Cage, The Iron Curtain
against the soul of freedom
It wants to fly higher and
higher, to soar and spin
to stretch its wings with
the other birds. It knows
Externally it is the same
as the others and yet
Internally it is different
from the others. He has
that slight spark of
a reality that is completely
him. That is unique from
the others. It wants to
share, to experience this
freedom, all the time. It
yearns to be free to be
itself no matter where
it flies, not having to
choose its pecking ground.
To laugh and to live with
the other birds, with
the Crows, Bluejays and
Pigeons and be seen
as an equal. But alas
they will never accept
his song nor its
flight pattern. Internal
spark has to be concealed.
Back to the Cage it
goes, back to limitation
and longing. Back to
the feelings of false-
security. It wants to
be free, so it has collisions
in the throat and galaxies
of heart torn asunder. Desperation
in the eye and sweet salty sweat
pouring down avenging slippery
slopes of brows.
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