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Canary

I do not want to go back in the mine.

    my eyes are glazed,
        my feathers dull,
            my beak droops
                to rest upon my breast
                    where a broken heart still beats

I will not go again into the mine.

     in airless dark
        with no more hope
            my voice fails
                this cage is much too small
                    and I cannot find the sun

Please don't send me back into the mine.

I cannot sing for you.

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poetry,
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Weather Report

I know this longing for the sky

like I know the thunder of my own heart

like I know the heartbeat of thunder

And I know the sound of your words

like I know the siren song of the Plains

like I know a held breath beneath a green sky

And I know the absence of your voice

like I know the crunch of my boots on fresh snow

like I know the silence in the heart of the blizzard

And this sky is hard and high and baked in blue

and no rain falls

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bread in the oven
soup in the pot
web on the loom
and thoughts in a knot

weight of the world
pulling me low
words aren't enough
it's all that i know

head in the clouds
don't have a plan
daydreams and fancies
that ain't worth a damn

bread on the table
soup in a dish
cloth for the weaving
and stars for a wish

Current Mood: emo

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poetry,
writing

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they said you were a broken bird
they bound your pointed beak
they placed a hood upon your eyes
and told you you were weak

they clipped your wings until you bled
and kept you in a cage
you never knew you had a voice
except for screams of rage

they plucked your shining plumage
and they threw you on the pyre
you didn't know you were a phoenix
until they set the fire

they choked upon the clouds of ash
and cowered as you flew
your wings were whole and glorious
a blaze against the blue