Shifting Wings Lifted

Canal channel calm
              Calm swan route rowed
              Rowed with your oars
              Oars of square shoulders
              Shoulders I sheltered beneath
              Beneath your wings afloat
              Afloat on luxe lake
              Lake made me safe
              Safe with your sage
              Sage directed my passage
              Passage protected
              Protected from the ocean
              Ocean of troubled tumult
              Tumult groomed off my coat
              Coat you fitted with new buttons
              Buttons you held
              Held securely together
              Together we travesed
              Traversed rivers flowing
              Flowing patiently 
              Patiently picking me up
              Picking up my supplies 
              Supplied my fantasy 
              My fantasy you strove
              Strove to give
              Give without hesitation 
              Without you I'm xeric
              Xeric forlorn flimsy
              Flimsy as a fledgling
              As a cygnet in the surf, helpless 
              Helpless, hapless in danger 
              Danger eradicated
              Exchanged for feathered heaven 
              Feathered my fall each time
              Time I took from you, mine
              Mine to entwine your vigor
              Vigor towards your growth
              Towards seperate ideals 
              Ideal provision
              Provided constant care 
              Care dealt with no cost
              Cost feeble offspring pressure 
              Pressure pulling on your wings
              Wings lifted stretched out of reach
              Reach their own potential 
              Potential to strengthen
              Strengthen our bond 
              Bond of production 
              Producing competence 
              Competent, unburdened 




              16th January
              Degrees of Separation 

              
                  - for Jameille -
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023


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