Saturday, January 1, 2011

Group Poem 16 (ekphrasis) :Birds


They say a picture says more than a thousand words
Then picture me amongst these thousand birds 
Cuz birds don’t fuss and fight over minor things

What I wouldn’t give to trade my arms for their wings 
Flying freely without a care in the universe

What I wouldn’t give to trade my life for theirs

Soaring effortlessly in the night sky
What I wouldn’t give for a chance 2 fly
See it doesn’t matter to them they fly in any sorts of weather


Across countries and continents some heavy some light as a feather
Some strong some weak

Some of them even speak

Birds come and go don’t call a particular place their home
Their found everywhere from Cape Town 2 Rome
 And they seldom found alone often fly in groups
Flying in perfect formation as if they were trained troops

Unlike they know when 2 open and close their beak

If a picture says more than a thousand words , then why speak ?

Ismail Mopreme
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