Thursday 3 April 2008

Stitch Up

I tried to stitch you together again
- just as you were -
but all I could see was
a yellow chick with
a human eye,
flapping its wings
as it tried
- unsuccessfully -
to fly.
I cannot erase
that waddling gait
and yellow webbed feet.

6 comments:

paisley said...

you are what you are... i cannot make you whole... oh... i loved this.....

poefusion said...

What a wonderful job. We can't change who someone or something is just because we want to. I think if we tried it would take away from their uniqueness. Keep up the good work. Have a nice day.

lissa said...

I like this, it works well with the image

Kay Cooke said...

Very nice indeed - small, succinct but with a deeper layer. Not a word wasted.

Kay Cooke said...

Very nice indeed - small, succinct but with a deeper layer. Not a word wasted.

WH said...

You convey a lot in this poem. I agree with chiefbiscuit. Nicely done.