You are
the blackbird of my heart,
I carried with me
when i walked away,
because you could not
say the words
to make me stay.
You perch within,
as always caught
between the earth
and sky.
You thought I sought
to hold you.
I sigh. I sigh.
Brother Dreamer,
I always wanted you
to fly.
For Marian's prompt at Real Toads: Eres tu (you are), and sharing it with the fine folk at Poets United, where there is good reading every Sunday morning.
I am working on my tablet, not good at linking.
Keep dreaming, dear
ReplyDeleteYAes, that is what we want!!! Soar!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's tough, Sherry, wanting him/them to fly. I'd always want him/her to stay (but wouldn't tell that unless I felt it was reciprocal).
ReplyDeleteWhen I fly, I love it, I'm always behaved and qualified to come back at night. And not very often fly, almost never. I used to spend an occasional day or afternoon riding my bike up and down the Rio Grand, both sides.
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(El Paso and Juarez)
DeleteJim, i didnt want him to fly away. He feared being held down by love while, to me, love is wanting the other to be all they can be....to soar.
DeleteNice take on the prompt Sherry
ReplyDeleteMuch love...
Oh Sherry this is absolutely exquisite!!💜💜
ReplyDeleteAn interesting take on the prompt!
ReplyDeleteMiscommunications between lovers oven works out this way. I like the "sighs" :-)
ReplyDeleteWow! Sherry, this is my favourite of the day. I love everything about it..
ReplyDeleteReally like this Sherry. Most of us know, and love someone who thinks that love is only a trap.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
This is really lovely, Sherry.
ReplyDeleteSad, but so beautiful it's swoonable.
ReplyDeleteThat first stanza is amazing, wrings the heart but I applaud your strength. The blackbird of my heart - I love. The whole poem is great ...
ReplyDeletenice
ReplyDeleteThis is sad, Sherry, but I understand the sentiment. Very touching.
ReplyDeleteWanted you to fly... that's the kind of precious unconditional love that is rarely recognized.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful metaphor, Sherry: 'You are the blackbird of my heart'! I also love the lines:
ReplyDelete'You perch within,
as always caught
between the earth
and sky'.
Your opening lines are so arresting and carry us through this wonderful poem
ReplyDeleteWhat is sad is that there are so many love stories untold. I think it is good to delve back and find a poem there in your heart that can come out. I loved it.
ReplyDeleteReal love never wants to ground the other. It does, as you say here, revel in watching the solo flights of their beloved as well as enjoying the flights together.
ReplyDeletelovely, though a bit sad. one of my favourites from you.
ReplyDeletelove is to let go at times.
Good Sunday Sherry
ReplyDeletemuch love...
a sad tinge to this but some light as well... reminded me of an old Willie song
ReplyDeleteI think love needs to be UN-tethered
ReplyDeletefor it allows one to truly soar. Your words have captured the essence of this gift so wonderfully.
Real love demands some compromise and sacrifice. Unfashionable and non progressive view but it's true.
ReplyDeleteDeeply intriguing. I especially like 'the blackbird of my heart' because the words weren't spoken ...and I always wanted you to fly.
ReplyDeleteOh so touching as it is always sad when we are not in sync understanding how we feel and what we want for the other person....a fabulous poem that opened with a memorable line!
ReplyDeleteYou are soaring now... well maybe walking slowly but still with purpose : )
ReplyDeleteZQ
What a lovely poem. Made me think of a lover, children, a pet - how we (I) would love to hold on, not let go. I want to own the sentiment in the poem - fly, go, be. But sadly, that's something I'm still working on.
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning. I feel that it articulates, so eloquently, the repercussions of 'holding back' (of commitment ... trust ... communication ...) in a relationship.
ReplyDeleteI think the piece would resonate with so many - particularly with the partner that was 'all in'.
I have seen this relationship paradigm (and the sadness of it) again and again. You've put it to paper, so brilliantly here, Sherry.
Beautiful words...make you think.
ReplyDeleteSo tender it soars.
ReplyDeletelovely...and combined with that image...
ReplyDeleteSherry. I have something caught in my throat, in my heart. This is so perfectly perfect.
ReplyDelete"I sigh. I sigh."
Sigh!
Wonderful as usual:)
ReplyDeleteso well penned, Sherry ~
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