Shawn L. Bird

Original poetry, commentary, and fiction. All copyrights reserved.

poem- where August 13, 2014

When you went away

full of dreams and plans

we waved your plane off

and wondered how reality

could possibly live up to

your unreasonable expectations.

We let you go to find your way

and when nothing is

what you thought it’d be

We have faith that

you will figure out

the reason,

and create reasonable

reality

for yourself.

 

poem- what now? September 10, 2013

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 10:21 pm
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“and so,” you said, “that’s it.”

You turned off the light

and closed the door.

I blinked in darkness

waiting

because

“it”

was not really

“that.”

 

Poem-soap July 20, 2013

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 3:05 pm
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Sitting on a soap bubble

floating in sunshine

reflected glare on the surface

of my seat

blinds me.

I rise on

the iridescent

clarity

of the emptiness

that is my only

safety

from the

inevitable

bursting

fall