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Flying Over

I can see the rooftops of your world;
from my rusted perch
I've been circling for years
never knowing when,
or if,
you'll let me land.
 
I can see the rooftops of your world
the unsightly
the unseen
the spires
the power sources
stars dimmed from lesser light
still,
you'd take them from me
if you could.
 
i can see the rooftops of your world
and sometimes more
the windows you see out of
the intimacy of your coffee
the door women walk through
the door i have entered
weekends here and there (this year that year)
 
i can see the rooftops of your world
they'd pass for beauty in hell
i flap over them heavily
exhausted by habit
a decrepit bird nearing extinction
swallowed by the night sky.
 
 
Written by Pinkdreams
Published
Author's Note
Painting by Miami artist Kathy Kissik.
Written at an Ekphrastic poetry workshop led by poet Jodie Hollander.
After writing this I realized I've been hiding behind an unrequited crush as a way of avoiding true intimacy. I felt the last of that person's hold on me fly out of me. It was almost metaphysical.
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