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Nestless

December 14, 2023
By Zues PLATINUM, Hartland, Wisconsin
Zues PLATINUM, Hartland, Wisconsin
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I remember that day like any other;

my whole world ended only five years ago.

My luscious evergreen forest, clear teal skies.


My majestic coffee ground nest,

gone in a blink of an eye.


They came out of nowhere;

I can still hear those distant echoes of oaks falling,

the smell of nauseous fumes filling the air.


Slowly turning the beautiful teal sky a smoggy gray,

I'm forever condemned to this oak prison.

 

I look up but those beautiful teal skies disappeared;

I only hear the echoes of waves crashing.

I can’t fly due to stress of losing more feathers,


and if I could I’d have no nest to go back to.

This oak prison is home,

 

a home with only oak walls.


The author's comments:

This was a poetry piece for the WFOP poetry contest, Inspired by the painting Disintegration by Aleta Stewart


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