(Day 28 of a 31-day writing challenge #justwrite2024)
Today I was on a podcast with the wonderful Susan Burrell, as we spoke about my poetry and the book of poems Breadcrumbs, Vol. 2. At one point she read a poem called "Beneath It All" which mentions a turning point with the arrival of a "gentle bird." We actually both got choked up as she read it so eloquently. Later I said she was the gentle bird ... which of course ... led to the ultimate writing of, yes, a poem.
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The Gentle Bird
You may have overlooked, what with all that is going on
You forgot the deepest night is greeted by the morning dawn
No matter what has happened to you in the past
There is but one eternal truth, born to last
There up in the sky, crossing by without a word
You are the wind; you are the gentle bird
Soaring far far above insanity’s scream
You may dip and dive in surreal landscape dream
Seeing beyond the distant horizon bend
Recognizing there is no beginning and no end
All sounds quiet now, nothing to be heard
Not for the ever-present, angelic, gentle bird
Yes, claim your innocence, claim your prize
What has been kept under wraps no longer a surprise
It’s yours to share with everyone everywhere
Dispelling the darkness, and any sense of despair
One thing for certain, one beauty reassured
Your flight towards the heavens as the glorious gentle bird
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