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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Skybird's Song


Day 21 of the Soul Card Journey
with Elizabeth Crawford of Soul's Music
Soul Cards by Deborah Koff-Chapin
at http://www.touchdrawing.com/


Traveler falters
on the path.
She is wounded.
Her wolf companion
has left her side,
and her hand
is empty
when it moves
to touch his head.

It is a blow,
a hole torn
in the
fabric
of her living.

But, soon,
she hears
a skybird's song.
It mends and weaves
the sore place
in her heart, bids her
resume her journey,
encourages her
from low branches
till she
gets up
and walks again.
She follows
that bird
the whole
day long.
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11 comments:

  1. annell4April 21, 2011 at 7:20 AM

    Very sweet and tender! I am thinking of the thorn bird, the one that pushes the thorn deep into his chest, to sing more beautifully. You are loved, watched over and no harm will come to you on your journey.

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  2. Sherry Blue SkyApril 21, 2011 at 7:30 AM

    Thank you, Annell. Ooooh, I love the idea of the thornbird! Yikes, poor bird! But such sacrifices are required of him, for his art!

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  3. ElizabethApril 21, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    There are many things that come from grief. One of them is Art. The need to express what the thorn bird knows and is. A sign to all of us. Thank you, Sherry.

    Elizabeth

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  4. Lynette KillamApril 21, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    A wonderful expression of your journey of grief, Sherry. So glad you're ready to hear the birds sing again...:)

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  5. brudbergFebruary 24, 2014 at 1:25 PM

    I love the thought of what song-birds can do to heal an aching heart.

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  6. revelationsFebruary 24, 2014 at 5:01 PM

    to hear the birds again is to heal... sometimes art is a healing process...

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  7. cosmos camiFebruary 24, 2014 at 6:40 PM

    Oh, I need a bird! This has particular resonance for me right now and I thank you for describing a wounded Traveller's journey so well.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2014 at 8:47 PM

    beautiful, Sherry ~

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  9. Kerry O'ConnorFebruary 25, 2014 at 5:15 AM

    There is pain and healing in equal measure in this poem. A small parcel of life, as we all know it.

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  10. JimFebruary 25, 2014 at 6:38 PM

    I am glad for Skybird, Sherry. Really though, it is sad (you wrote it well) that her wolf friend left her. I felt that way when my childhood dog friend, Von, died. Plus it was worse because I felt responsible for her death. I still do.
    ..

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  11. annell4October 9, 2018 at 7:12 AM

    Sherry this is the perfect poem, that is needed in this moment!

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