Dah Dahlusion Poet Free verse

Small Bird

In a field of ice
a small bird’s frozen corpse
snow scatters the ground

What else can be said about
a dead bird
I love you and I am sorry? 

In this cold
hands are useless

In this cold
death’s precise exhale
 

Make a note of this on a yellow Post-it

stick it to a mirror 

then look away

you are gone

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from my sixth book-length manuscript

©dah / dahlusion 2014

"Small Bird" was first published in
'Red Wolf Journal'

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Poet Destroyer A February 18, 2016 at 1:18 AM WOW, now this is poetry. Dah, Is this your poem, that was published. I'm a bit confused with the note... Enjoyed. LINDA Dah Dahlusion February 18, 2016 at 9:09 AM I am honored, thank you! Yes, to being mine, like the note says ©dah / dahlusion 2014 Looking forward ...

Anne-Lise Andresen February 17, 2016 at 2:25 PM - Proficient written, Dah - // Anne-Lise :) Dah Dahlusion February 18, 2016 at 9:06 AM Thank you!