POEM STARTER
Submitted by Its_Ady
Write a poem about a bird who was once human.
Even now, it remembers what it was like to have hands, to touch, to hold, and to feel. Now wings beat where arms once moved, but the memories never fade.
The Cost
The irony
Of the iron bars
No longer being the thing that cages me
The wishing
For the ability to fly
No longer the empty dream
The fall
From apex predator to prey
Was long, though I soared to a landing
The grass
A luscious emerald green
Faded to brown on this side of the fence
The memory
Of touching, holding
Plagues me like an unending nightmare
The adage
Of being careful what you wish for
Was never truer than it is for me
The regret
Of taking my life for granted
Racks my brain every day
Once human, now avian
The freedom gained is not
As glorious as I believed
And the cost
Of everything that I've lost
Is greater than I could have anticipated