she is light as feather
on the train, we're matching sweaters
but in my office, we're opposites
as i pour over my sheets
she is leaning out of glass window
steeled by balconies, her flamingo
skin quivering among boxed flowers & fake grapes-
her eyes far away, smitten with the lake-
there are city pigeons & gulls
feeding near the trash bins, but her pulse
is untutored rhyme so she stays away
from gossips around the water cooler-
her sighs are blighted poetry
scribbled hurriedly on paper napkins
she leads a secret life,
craving for sweet berries & a slice
of honeycomb or mushrooms-
her screams are echoes
of raindrops until
every evening, i return home
where i preen her wings
and we dance and swing
to wild song of the wind
to hoots of night creatures
until finally
my chord hits a nightingale's note
she's a songstress in velveteen-
Posted for dVerse poets Pub- Hosted by Kim Russell. Inspired by the poem, The Heavy Bear who Walks with Me. The challenge is to write a poem, of any length or form, about an animal in a human way or a human in an animal way, highlighting some trait of the animal/human that either sets us apart or brings us together – it’s up to you, just as long as the poem is new.
