Once Upon a Time Poems

Lone Bird's Song

His song ebbing among the trees,
Lone bird caught in the crosswind,
A lump of feathers on the lawn.
Sigh to silence, my face drawn,
Propped on soft pillows, I rescind
A moan of pain, protest to disease.

My spaces inside I invert
To scattered bones of discontent,
Clouds huddling on distant peaks,
Tears, fever, fury on my cheeks,
Praying is over for time spent.
A shame to be buried in dirt!