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Funny Little Flights of Life
Once again something is on my mind
I am aware that I need to learn to unwind
But I'm a tired clock, still ticking
And I will click until the end
When my pendulum stops swinging
And there is no more kindness to lend
I am a bird with a broken wing
Tired from flight, no desire to sing
A humble canary, or a cockatoo
Some funny little bird
With a song in her heart
But no words to my story
That is falling apart
Not so much falling, but coming to end
The strangeness continues to awkwardly bend
Yet all of the components are becoming one
But a new chapter will begin, sure as the sun
This book is nearly over and was a good read
I will place my old copy on my shelve,
Its broken sleeve facing me
I am aware that I need to learn to unwind
But I'm a tired clock, still ticking
And I will click until the end
When my pendulum stops swinging
And there is no more kindness to lend
I am a bird with a broken wing
Tired from flight, no desire to sing
A humble canary, or a cockatoo
Some funny little bird
With a song in her heart
But no words to my story
That is falling apart
Not so much falling, but coming to end
The strangeness continues to awkwardly bend
Yet all of the components are becoming one
But a new chapter will begin, sure as the sun
This book is nearly over and was a good read
I will place my old copy on my shelve,
Its broken sleeve facing me
Published 1st Apr 2013
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Anonymous
1st Apr 2013 1:53am
Really well written.
The metaphor of the bird with the broken wing ending in a book with a broken sleeve and then just putting the sleeve on the shelf is a powerful way of showing how you will begin
a new chapter in your life.
Good write and satisfying read.
k
The metaphor of the bird with the broken wing ending in a book with a broken sleeve and then just putting the sleeve on the shelf is a powerful way of showing how you will begin
a new chapter in your life.
Good write and satisfying read.
k
1st Apr 2013 1:55am
Why thank you, ^^ It is always strange (for me atleast) to combine more than one simile or metaphor in a poem, linking them together and all, but I feel like I did an okay job in this one.
