If I were a swan
I'd be gone,*
my son, in his suffering,
sang,
long ago.
In memory,
down on the river,
a white swan glides,
bent neck, folded wing,
her mirror image
floating under her
on a river full
of sky and puffy clouds.
Still here, still suffering,
is my son,
who has forgotten
how to sing.
In memory,
that swan
is going
going
gone.
*Lyrics from the song by Pink Floyd
I don't know what to say or how to say, Sherry. The layout of the poem resembles a teardrop that fills the heart after reading the poem.
ReplyDeleteThat mirror image looks like a huge swan to me. Stunning!
Beautiful mirror image of the swan, Sherry. I agree with Sumana that the shape of the poem looks like a tear drop. I do hope your son remembers how to sing again!
ReplyDeleteI agree about the beauty of the written imagery and the poem's shape. The brevity is a change for you, but the heart is just as full. I hope song with the swan returns to be with your son.
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