Early in life
we learned to love the birds,
their kingdom,
high in the treetops,
full of song and hope.
Their vibrant colors
and weightless lives
flash in the sunlight,
pierce the clouds
above the landscape
as well as the tallest buildings
we might erect.
They float like falling leaves
and call to each other
in times of frolic or danger
from those tiers
between the branches
and blazing brightness,
to soar then glide
about our homes, teasing us
with their airborne acrobatics
and lightheartedness,
almost poking fun
at our weighted dispositions,
chattering until we cease our admiration
in the dimming light
as the first breaths of darkness
evoke a silence
broken only by a rustling
in the dark shadows of trees.
Michael Keshigian had his fourteenth poetry collection, What To Do With Intangibles, released in January, 2020 by Cyberwit.net. He has been published in numerous national and international journals, recently including Pudding Magazine, Sierra Nevada Review, Oyez Review, Bluepepper, Tipton Poetry Journal and has appeared as feature writer in twenty publications with 7 Pushcart Prize and 2 Best Of The Net nominations. (michaelkeshigian.com)
No comments:
Post a Comment