wings and words: a conversation

21 Mar 2009

·rosschandler

this is a conversation between a man and a sparrow m: "hello" s: "oh hi" m: "i wish to fly" s: "without wings?": m: "must i try" s: "i give you this, here, do take it" m: "give me what?" s: "my Heart, don't break it" m: "but wings i need" s: "you need not love?" m: "oh, Love i bleed" s: "then where's this blood?" m: "tis in my hands, here, do look" s: "all i see is just a book" m: "yes, indeed, my Poetry" s: "so, you say your words do bleed?" m: "like a river do they flood" s: "and bound they are by your blood?" m: "i love your wings" s: "i love your words" m: "words just sing" s: "yet so do birds" m: "so, where's my sky?" s: "tis on that page" m: "that's where i fly?" s: "yes! with rage!" m: "then wings i have?" s: "they are your dreams" m: "but still i'm mad" s: "just sad it seems" m: "see my soul does in the deep of the night" s: "see with your dreams to look for His light" m: "there i do fly?" s: "there are your words" M: "i am their sky?" s: "and they are your birds" m: "there wings are my wings?" s: "as long as you write" m: "there song i will sing?" s: "Love gives thee flight" m: "so when i did cry , 'why can't i fly?'" s: "Love you had not just two lonely eyes" m: "now with my soul the skies i will soar" s: "winged are your words in the winds that do roar"

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rosschandler

i write a very dark, metaphoric and literarily techincal style of poetry. i do not like poetry that is prose. i have written since 15.....i believe in grand topics such as death, love, god, cosmos.....i believe my poetry is rhythmic and lyrical and...

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