Without Wings August 28, 2018 Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps You will fly, leave me to defy the gravity I pace. Oh, to be a bird, a heart not bound by ink to pen freedom, but a spirit in communion with the sky. Fill my eyes with wings. ©Susie Clevenger 2018 The Muse #18 Real Toads ~ The Tuesday Platform Comments Sanaa Rizvi said… Oh such deep and intense longing in this one, Susie!💞 Especially like: "Fill my eyes with wings." Ron. said… Good, but that last line's killer-diller good, Clevenger! Salute. brudberg said… Fill my eyes with wings...I start to think about the caged bird when I read your poem Carrie Van Horn said… Oh Susie this is absolutely wonderful! I love the line,'A heart not bound by ink to pen freedom" Stunning words!!! Herotomost said… That first stanza is a doozy. What a wonderful thought and such a beautiful way to say it. I really loved this!! Vicki said… Really lovely, Susie! Rosemary Nissen-Wade said… A beautiful expression of what I think is a universal human longing. Anonymous said… the first stanza carries the weight of this - it really does. It's truly astounding. And wonderful. purplepeninportland.com said… "fill my eyes with wings" - Gorgeous line, and poem, Susie! rallentanda said… When I watch the birds I echo your lovely thoughts. Thotpurge said… fill my eyes with wings.. that's going to stay with me..forever. Thank you Susie! Anmol (HA) said… "Fill my eyes with wings": Oh, this is lovely — it's a piercing light to be set free. How enchanting! The entire verse reads like a prayer.-HA hyperCRYPTICal said… Beautiful Susie, beautiful.Anna :o] kaykuala said… How lovely to be up in the sky freely fluttering!Hank Kerry O'Connor said… Oh, to be a bird,a heart not boundby ink to pen freedomThis is a wish I can relate to. C. Sandlin said… Beautiful poem :) Rommy said… The longing to let the words fly as effortlessly as a bird does through the sky...yes, this is a familiar feeling.
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I start to think about the caged bird when I read your poem
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Anna :o]
Hank
a heart not bound
by ink to pen freedom
This is a wish I can relate to.