you are the bird in my hand

Submitted by Anna on Mon, 08/05/2013 - 17:08

you are the bird in my hand
our friendship is living and fragile
I can feel its heart beat fast on the vein in my palm

you are worth two in the bush
we are not entwined like undergrowth
two is the number of unattainable birds and lovers

nothing makes a bird sing like flying
nothing makes me write like falling in love

flaws for me, flaws for you
a bird in the hand cannot fly
you do not even like poetry

Author's age when written
18
Genre
Notes

Titled Emily-Dickinson style. PS: Right after I posted this, I read "Feather" by HomeschoolGirl and the first two lines actually made me laugh out loud. IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE, GUYS.

Comments

Hahahahahahahahaha....I guess we both had birds on the brain? LOL. That's so funny!

As for the poem: YAY! YOU POSTED SOMETHING! And goodness, I loved it. There are so many lines I just love.

you do not even like poetry

we are not entwined like undergrowth

nothing makes a bird sing like flying
nothing makes me write like falling in love

a bird in the hand cannot fly

Er...there's more. But now I'm thinking I probably should have copy>pasted the entire poem. :P

Really, this was beautiful. Gosh, your writing is beautiful and your poetry makes me wish I wrote this.

This > everything.
"two is the number of unattainable birds and lovers." absolutely wonderful. Keep posting!!

"You were not meant to fit into a shallow box built by someone else." -J. Raymond

I can't believe I didn't see this! Aw! I absolutely love it, and I hope there is more! Ditto to Homey! Might as well not even try to pick out my favorite lines, because I'd end up pasted the whole poem! So wonderful and it feels so simplistic, yet complicated.
Love it! Please post more... if you have time of course :D

"Here's looking at you, Kid"
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Write On!