A freak of nature
Rejected, thrown
Left to expire
Not wanted
Not loved
Not desired
....unbonded
No support
No family
Community or home
Pile of souls
Abandoned
Alone
....unbonded
Buyers came
Agreements made
Heart torn
UNBONDED sold
Enemy's gain
Fear born
....binding
Worlds, legends,
Myths, lies
Narrative to boot
Mind taken
Will bent
A single root
....binding
Mother tree
Ecosystem threaded
Benefits awarded
Influence
Manipulation
Contracts Recorded
....time
Seed manifested
Flow untethered
LOVE sacrificed
Resurrection manifested
Empty womb
Looping Advised
....unity
Consciousness awakened
Responsibility taken
Earth's core, shaken
Blood bought soul
Freed to be whole
Authenticity known
....unity
Written by Trudy Schrader on 09-13-2025
Apr 2012
Chennai
I ask you, sir!
Of late, inanimate
Toothless, tethered
Can’t jump turnstiles
"Agree, align"
"Ask, but smile"
Mute, asinine
"Uncalled, unnice"
"Pushy, out-of-style"
You know, I’m fine
"A wish, undone"
"Exit, condone"
"Look back, smile"
"Unearth, sift"
"Write," but why?
Unbonded, servile
Alive, a life
…Sad, demise
SONG OF THE SKYLARKS
Oh, freedom is full-flung unbounded:
Riding the light wind’s wave
On invisible surf crest,
Diving fast with wings withdrawn,
Beating down the air and gliding at full speed,
Floating, rolling, soaring into the sun:
Tireless, ever hovering unbonded.
Cradled in the bosom of the air,
Sleeping on the wing over the dark earth;
Necks a-stretch in formation heading south :
Pointing down a sure course,
Driving hard, bound for home.
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Entered in Debbie Guzzi's Contest - Flying
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