Now I just Fly and Observe

Jenna Makuen 2004 (Manhattan)



“You kill two birds with one stone.”
But I’m not the stone. I’m the bird.
I’m one bird, but there were two stones.
Two stones killed me.
Two stones killed my trust.
Two stones killed my passion.
Two stones killed my heart’s confidence.

Who gave you two the right to be the stones?
Stones are supposed to be stepped on. You deserve to be stepped on. You stepped on me. All over me.
You don’t get to throw items that kill.
You don’t get to be the item that kills.
To me, you made yourself this weapon.
Your hearts are cold and as hard as rock.

But I actually have wings. I have energy, I had energy. I was able to perch and observe.
I used to observe the sadder world, the world I wasn’t living in. I sang happy tunes, I sang love songs.
I have wings! I should get to choose what I do with them.

But instead of perching, I choose to fly away, from anything and everything. I don’t perch. I forgot how to sing. I just fly and observe. Observe the happier world, the world I’m not living in.
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Written on September 21, 2022

Submitted by jennadevin on September 21, 2022

Modified by jennadevin on September 21, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXABXCX ABXXCX XXX X
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,019
Words 213
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 6, 3, 1

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4 Comments
  • teril
    Wings are a powerful, hopeful image in a powerful poem. I am glad that you can write about the hurt in your life because we know that writing can heal.
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • boke_a
    A very nice poem
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • izaan
    I rate it 5 stars
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • rnadc
    2004? OK. I did the math. Very good writing, young lady. So much insight for a 17-18 year old. There are are several things so good about this. But, especially showing the way you (or whoever the 1st person is) viewed the world before and after whatever happened. Doesn't really matter who "you two" are (parents, betrayors, attackers), the point is made.
    Keep up the good work 
    LikeReply1 year ago
    • izaan
      boo your so mean you cant be like that you listen to the harmony
      LikeReply1 year ago

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