Within Me

by Melpomene   Mar 18, 2011


All that was perched
in a robins nest
wandered within me -

a bird
too venerable to fly
sat with
moth-eaten wings,
singing of

-all she knew,
and all she would
grow old with-

a pocket watch
too rusted to tick and
a mask of tragedy that would
warn off any consort
who dared ask her
to the ball.

For she would rather
dismiss passion
than starve her children,

to hum solely,
than raise young amongst foxes
whose bellies were plump with
feathers of the future, while
her children would be
emptied by worms.

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  • 13 years ago

    by Yakari Gabriel

    Well this is...in one word very different...I'm not sure I really got the poem...the ending I'm guessing its a pregnancy right? And then dead?..'Eaten by worms' right? I mean the body is eaten by worms when we die..its a beautiful piece though..has a kinda tragic tone to it...like always..your metaphors..so unique..so clever..god bless that mind of you...well done!

  • 13 years ago

    by Courageous Dreamer

    'wanderd' should be 'wandered' I'm guessing?

    This poem has some interesting metaphors, and you really carried them out nicely. I like how some of the imagery isn't so pleasant like moth eaten wings or emptied by worms yet these lines are tied with so much emotion that it works really nicely. I wasn't quite sure of the word 'sat' and how it was used... how about 'grounded' or something like that?

    Definitely an interesting poem in all, really shows your imagination once again.

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