Brian Sambourne Poet Free verse

Trapped

Pigeon caught on a subway platform
              bobbing in a landscape of feet
Escape cut off,
               bobbing through risks
               weaving clear of grinding boots
Liberated from nature,
               pigeon transit-frenetic
               like a novice in deep end swimming
               no warning signs posted

A bird in need of rescue 
               from commuters who barely break
               their stride
               a tumbled push of bodies
Breathless souls in a hectic stake out
                for metallic space
                unfiltered anxiety
                plundered sense of validation
                no warning signs heeded
Beaked  captives who rush the subway train
                perpetually severed
                from
                       their 
                              wings.








Poem revised: March 23, 2021

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