blackbird

note: inspired by

Zoun

i decided to try my hand at a poem today!

-

a blackbird clutches the branch

outside my window,

its raindrop eyes twitching

from side to side, as it tilts its beak

towards the sky.

now, it’s vanished.

i twist my neck to see where it has gone

- where could it be going?

moments later, it lands

on a neighboring tree,

cheeks bulging with twigs and leaves.

two hops of its feet and a cock of the head later

it vanishes again

without a lingering thought.

i see its silhouette scrape the sky

and taste the familiar bile

of a jealous heart, watching another soul

ascend, propelled

by a pure, unquestioned knowing toward which it flies -

a knowing

i wish i knew.

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