ON A LONELY FENCE

On this lonely fence

Stood there as if in glee but in beauty

No parade in the open sky

The open vast expanse

Because by the chill

Her feathers are clipped

An ill fated bird

The days came by

Like one having a pray after its tail

The nights were lonely beside the drenched tree

This rained on her all which was soaked up

It wet her eyes

Fallen rain from the leaves

Like tears from a broken tear gland.

As the moist winds blew above her head

Their leafy parts came near to tap her

To soothe those aching and weary limbs

Where the birds have flown without perching

And have lost part of their molten wings.

The dawn awaits you for its flight

Sending relieving kisses across the horizon

The pollen grains on those colorful petals

Give off their aromatic pleasure to the smelling senses

Charging the arid air and freshening its staleness

Will you still stay there on that lonely fence?

I saw longevity in your enchanted voice

And as you flap your wings in the heavens

They paid homage to you: the moon and stars

Because eternity drew nigh your molten wings

Will you still stay on that lonely fence?

The rains have seized

The vultures sit on their eggs above the tree top high.

The threshing floors abound in wheat

The brook, still fresh to see its sediments

Will you stay on that lonely fence?

Up,

Shake off the drops on your wings

Flap and fly.

Higher and higher into the breezes

Into territories not encroached and virgin woods

Into realms, dimensions and incarnations

We will be here awaiting your return

Go, go, go …

Till you can go no more.

© Emperor Leander David


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First publish by 'Our Empire' on Google blog

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