… from the ever-so-lovely Luci Shaw:
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Possess your soul in patience
Own it. Hold your heart the way
you’d hold a live bird–your two hands
laced to latch it in, feeling
its feathery trembling, its fledgling
warmth, its faint anxieties
of protest, its heart stutter
against the palm of one hand, a fidget
in the pull of early light.
Possess it, restless, in
the finger cage of patience. Enfold
this promise with a blue sheen
on its neck, its wings a tremor
of small feathered bones
until morning widens like
a window, and God opens
your fingers and whispers, ‘Fly!’
—
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Love it!
We can be such trembling birdies inside. sometimes. This is perfect. Thank you.
~ Lily
AWesome poem!
Beautiful. All the more poignant for me since I own a tiny little parrotlet, and feel his heartbeat against my palm every day. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful and touching.
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Very beautiful indeed!
Daniela
Wonderful poem!!! (Especially on a day when I’m particularly impatient with myself…)