The Bird The Mouse the Prayer Poem
To state the obviousto send a prayer
“protect her”
to think of it floating
upwards
to think I’m not
a mouse in a hole
that bird looks so like
the bird of my youth
is it the same bird
a mouse in a cave
pretending divinity
I can see the bird
flying with
my
prayer.
david michael jackson June 5, 2012
The last poem was While you were Waiting poem by David Michael Jackson. The next poem is What is This by David Michael Jackson
