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Bonnie Lieschke Poem
It started with a tree
Then came a blue bird
Blue from worrying and doubting
It sad on a branch
Alone on that tree the bird waited
What it waited for?
Not even the bird knows
Alone on that tree the bird sings a sad song
Then comes a songbird and a small bird
They sit on the branch
Join in with the bird song
The blue bird is now green
Green because they feel like they belong
Together they sing a sweet song
The small bird flies away to find a new tree
The same tune that was sung before
Suddenly seems dull…
Then comes a firebird and a bird that loves to chirp
They sit on the same branch
And join in with the bird song
The bird is now yellow
Yellow happiness, smiles and laughter
Together they sing cheerful song
Then comes a robin
They sit on the same branch
And join in with the bird song
The bird is now orange
Orange from sparkles of hope
Together they all sing a harmonious song
Together they stay
On that same branch
One day the songbird
Brings a few more birds to the tree
The fire bird brings a few more birds too
The bird goes a shade of grey
With more birds on the tree
All singly bird song and chirping loudly
No one notices when
The grey bird sings quieter
And quieter
And quieter
The grey bird is grey from feeling dull
From feeling like they don’t belong
From questioning if this is the tree for them
From sitting on the same tree but never the same branch
From always just standing there but never actually saying anything
Never actually feeling like there ever truly there
Anymore…
There song not as cheerful or as loud
As before
They think if they try to sing loud
there song will just be drowned out by others
So they don’t even try
There not the same as before
Their hearts not as full
Their chirps are not as loud
Their smile not as often
Their laughter barely ever heard
Their self esteem not as high
The list goes on
This poem isn’t about birds
Copyright © Bonnie Lieschke | Year Posted 2024
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Dirty, matted fur, with clumps missing
Black fur, but looks brown form mud
This stray cat has had a hard life
Thrown out by it owners
Abandoned on the streets
Lost more fights then she can count
This stray cat has had a hard life
No place to call home
No food to satisfy her huger
No water to quench her thirst
This stray cat has had a hard life
One day this black cat
Meets a white, a white cat
The most beautiful cat she had ever seen
This stray cat wants nothing more than to fit in
The black cat wishes to change
She wants to be like the white cat
She jumps into a bucket of white paint
This stray cat wants nothing more than to fit in
Now with fur white as snow
Fur sticking up on all sides
With the stench of paint
This stray cat wants nothing more than to fit in
The white cat approaches
With her eyes flooded with concern
She gesture for the black cat to follow her
This stray cat wants nothing more than to fit in
The white cat takes her to a pond
The black cat is nervous
She thinks without the paint she is ugly
This stray cat wants nothing more than to fit in
The white cat looks her in her eyes
And says "you are perfect just the way you are"
The black cat gets in the pond
Her fun now black again
The white looks the black cat in the eye
And says confidently
"your fur is black as night"
"our eyes are like artic pool"
"they sparkle like a diamond"
"and they shine like the moon"
"you are beautiful on the inside"
"and that is all that matter"
"i see your inner beauty"
"and if they can't see it"
"then they are blind"
This stray cat has had a hard life
But still she smiles like she nothing happened
This stray cat used to want nothing more than to fit in
This stay cat does not care what you think
So don't even try
This stray cat is perfect just the way they are
And if you can't your blind
Copyright © Bonnie Lieschke | Year Posted 2024
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A wild green mass
Full of flowers and butterfly's
Full trees, bushes and grass
But then it all dies
A dark, lost world
Polluted beyond repair
A broken underworld
Its sure to give you a scare
The plants all died
They didn't stand a chance
There leaves are brown and dried
Flower petals no longer dance
The world was once beautiful
But some human where delusional
Copyright © Bonnie Lieschke | Year Posted 2024
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Stars in the sky
Are always to high
For me to reach
Waves on a beach
Wash away my doubt
Lets my confidence sprout
Rivers sweep away anxiety
They give you a break from society
The churning water a secret lullaby
Waterfalls as they cry
Usher your not alone
That your not on your own
Colours that bleed from a a sunset sky
As the sun bids goodbye
Melt away my fear
Oh please just let me stay here
Here I can smile
Forget about my worries for a while
Copyright © Bonnie Lieschke | Year Posted 2025
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A 5-year old girl laughs and plays
A loving mother cooks her daughters meal
A kind a farther works hard to earn money
It only took an instant to start
2 minutes to spread
20 minutes to take everything
The firetruck didn't get there in time
They couldn't save the house
They couldn't save her
It started from a faulty stove
There was no where to run
No where to hide
The flames devoured everything
By a miracle she escaped
But now she has no home
And she has no mother
The rain sprinkled down
Too little, too late
She was gone
There was no replacing the holes in their hearts
Copyright © Bonnie Lieschke | Year Posted 2023
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Fly free
But not to me
I'm not your destiny
You don't need me
Your happier there
You say i don't care
You shouldn't stay
Because I'm not okay
Copyright © Bonnie Lieschke | Year Posted 2025
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Would you look for me if I disappeared?
What if one day
I didn't wake up in my bed
What if I was lost
Alone inside my head
What would you do
If I was nowhere to be seen
Where would you search
For a missing teen
Would you find me walking
In the cities bustling streets
Full of all kinds of music
That match how my heart beats
Would you find me wandering
In the depth of the woods
Picking flowers and pretty rocks
And all kinds of other goods
Would you find me standing
In a downpour of rain
Looking up at the clouds
Telling them my pain
What if you couldn't find me
No matter how hard you looked
What if I was hiding
Somewhere you'd overlooked
Would you find me sitting
At the bottom of the ocean
In the deepest darkest corner
Burying my emotion
Would you find me sleeping
At the top of the sky
Nestled in the clouds
To tired to even cry
Would you find me waiting
Floating somewhere in space
Leaping from star to star
With everlasting grace
If I told you I was waiting for you
That I wanted you to find me
Would you search every star
Every minute you were free
To bring me back home
To the way things used to be
But what if I told you not to bother
Not to waste your time
That even if you searched for an eternity
Some things just arn't ment to be...
Would you still look for me if I disappeared?
Copyright © Bonnie Lieschke | Year Posted 2026
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The wind that whispers
The most beautiful song
Waits for you
To sing along
Because beauty isn't happiness
And company is what they want
They'd rather have someone who listens
Then a pretty face to faunt
So they hope their beauty
Will lull you into singing along
But more then anything
They want someone to hear their song
To look past their eyes
And into their soul
To treat them like a normal person
So they can feel whole
Copyright © Bonnie Lieschke | Year Posted 2026
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