Wednesday 4 December 2019

PRAYER TO THE SKIES

PRAYER TO THE SKIES 

It was a
Sunny noon
When on 
My window ledge
Precariously perched
A beautiful 
Song bird
Began to croon...

It's eyes were
Like that of
Melted chocolate 
And it's feathers
Resembled
Honey brown...

I gazed at it
In wonder
Thinking
Oh wow!

It sang of life
Of prettiness 
Of my eyes...

It's song held
A promise...

I smiled and laughed 
Like never before 
This song bird
Was no bore!

Oft it came
It sang and left
Oft it came 
And we became 
The closest 
Of friends...

I talked, it sang
Somehow, life feels 
And experiences
We shared!

But one day 
A harsh wind 
Blew...

The song bird
Perched on 
The window 
Got, carried away...

I tried to grasp
It
But the wind
Had it first...

The song bird 
Was not like 
Its own kind...

Brilliantly unique 
Is how I 
Still describe it...
Almost mine
Though never quite
I pray to the
Skies
I one day again see 
It...

That we
Might once more 
Be
The song bird 
And me
The unlikeliest 
Of closest of friends 
Instead...!

        FREDERIKA MENEZES

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