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clipped wings
December 14, 2023
The world around me spins.
Beak broken and feathers diminishing.
These wings that once carried me through the sky,
now lay at my side.
Why can’t I fly?
I look up to see the sky painted dusty gray,
The sky that once carried me home.
Those freedoms I used to have,
clipped away.
Why can’t I fly?
Bones shift as I move towards the water bowl.
My talons scrape the cold cardboard.
The weight of death grips me.
I collapse onto the floors of my brown prison.
Why can’t I fly?
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This poem is an ekphrastic poem about the art piece “Disintegration”.
I decided to write about it because when it really spoke to me and I could almost put myself in the shoes of the bird.