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Avian Child

by Tekara

Member since 2001 · Posted 16 Mar 2002 · 6 comments

I'm really starting to wonder why, every time I start to fly, Something drags me back to ground. I was born an avian child, the winds intrigued, the skies beguiled. The breezes whispered a quiet sound. Each night I fly so high in my dreams, drifting along without a care it seems, Till morning comes to drag me down. Those around me can't understand, as they are bound so firmly to land. I will forever be outside them all. With mantled wings and hooded eyes, I wait, searching barren skies for a mate, Never quite finding one to fit. In human form, I am forever bound, never once to leave the ground, Never with an avian mate. Forever grounded, Forever off center, Not FAIR?.I was meant to fly?.

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[n/a] ifni 16-Mar-02/1:21 AM Reply
Wings up! Open skies!
[5] nentwined 16-Mar-02/1:21 AM Reply
"to [the?] ground"; "so high in my dreams" throws off a syllable... the next line, too, so I guess it's okay, but it reads awkwardly to me. "Never with an avian mate" doesn't have the power I think you're looking for. Overall, I like the poem.
[4] anonymous 7-Apr-02/4:30 PM Reply
Maybe the problem is the weights that seem to cling to us the more we grow?
[5] nentwined 10-May-02/9:14 AM Reply
the first two stanzas lead in well. the third stumbles on "fly so high in my dreams" as overly cliched and as such unecessary to say in so many words. also, use of "it seems" unnecessarily is, well, unnecessary and feels like it was just put there to fit the rhyme and rhythm. the rest is rather mediocre. I think you have a wonderful start, though.
[8] [mojo] 11-Sep-02/11:53 AM Reply
Enjoyable. Excellent first two stanza's. I found the third weaker overall, I would think about cutting it. Just the last line jarred...I think the "not FAIR" exclamation sounds slightly juvenile. The poem said so much to me until then, that last line seemed to cheapen it. I find the scenario you have built, more than just... unfair...something stronger....cheated? 8.
[4] LilMsLadyPoet 14-Jun-05/4:43 PM Reply
Smiling...someone after my own heart....looks like the stuff I wrote a LONG time ago! Fly! I am sure you meant to end with! Great line> I was born an avian child, /the winds intrigued, the skies beguiled.
Form and format and puctuation and word choice...well...it needs cleaning up, but time will give you the polish you need...keep writing!