Poem -

As Free As a Bird

As free
as a virus
with nowhere to go ..
As free
as the wind
but with nowhere
to blow ..
As free
as a spirit,
but after so many
years
knowing
what I now know ..
I think
I would rather
be some kind of bird ..

 

Like 5 Pin it 1
Support CosmoFunnel.com

Support CosmoFunnel.com

You can help support the upkeep of CosmoFunnel.com via PayPal.

Log in to leave a comment.

Comments

author
Neville

Thank you Linda .. Neville :)

Reply
author
Neville

Thank you kindly Sammy GTH :) 

Reply
author
Being Me

 But what kind of bird?  Blackbird, sparrow  eagle, robin, wren .... (taking it that you are talking about the feathered variety) x

Reply
author
Neville

Quite possibly a red thighed falconet .. or a tawny owl perhaps .. or a swift .. xx

Reply
author
Being Me

Yes! Or a barn owl, red kite, nightingale... puffin ( oh they are special) x

Reply
author
Neville

they are all lovely .. last year I saw my first wryneck and yesterday found a brambling in my kitchen .. you should google red thighed falconet tho .. xx

Reply
author
Being Me

Wryneck? Wow! I've never even seen one of those, or a brambling. I've seen a photo of a red legged partridge...Will Google a red thighed falconet x

Reply
author
Neville

I am an avid horneythologist x

Reply
author
Being Me

Okay... so... those falconets are really, really cute!

Reply
author
Marion

Well Nev, birds aside, strikes me as kind of a lonely verse...got it all...got nothing really. Back.to the birds I would be a penguin...ok... they can't fly but what stoic funny loving little things they are...and....what a waddle!!!! Shake that arse!!!! X

Reply
author
Neville

Bless you our M .. I got a thing about penguins too ..🐧)) x

Reply
author
Jim "The Lad" ....

always wanted to fly like your poem!......................................................Jim

Reply
author
Neville

Go on, make me happy why dont'cha .. Cheers Jim :) 

Reply
author
Wilford Barker

Freedom!!
No matter the animal… as long as I am free to be me..
i am happy.
Thanks for sharing.

Reply
author
Neville

and I thank you for stopping by my friend .. indeed, I thank you ever so muchly Sir Wilford :) 

Reply
Poem -

The Weight of Enlightenment

I am almost too ashamed
to admit that
it took me years to realise,
the warmest...

Poem -

One More Open Verdict For...

She came out of the sky like
a rocket
and for a moment, or maybe
not quite
...

Poem -

Queues

Having lost her place in the bread queue, she found
herself hurried along
by a prod from a...

Latest poems in Freestyle

Poem -

TRUTH CAUSES PANIC

TRUTH CAUSES PANIC

The Truth can make people shake and shiver...

It can give anxiety where lies were more comforting...

Poem -

HYPOCRISY PRAYS

trailing jabbing trickling time floats as it sinks false to broken starved skin
portals bleed into...

Poem -

The Devonshire Wishing Well.

The Devonshire Wishing Well.

To be honest,
everything has always fucking hurt.
Like when you upturn dirt
and find a...

Advertise on CosmoFunnel.com