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| Paintings: Vladimir Kush |
Did you ever jump?
The little scared sparrow alone in a jar
No where to follow
Nothing to see
Too far to fly
Nothing to care for
Naked as can be
Sun on all the wings
Going far as can
Do you see me fly?
Do you even think of me now with no wings
Singing lullaby in the sun
Do you remember me hiding my wings?
Cooking pancakes with the mud
Do you remember me hiding my wings?
Dreaming, dreaming of the sun
Did you know that I had wings?
When you scared me of the jump
Did you ever think I would fly?
Far, far away from sight
But did You ever jump?
Did you Ever reach?
The far away land of nothing and else
In the corner of black and empty
Where your heart dreamt of flying
I cared for keeping you so I won’t fly!
But did you ever jump?
Did you reach the land of black with no sun?
Did you get to the purple sky you traded for blue?
Did you find a heart after you broke mine?
Did you sing a song after you cut my tongue?
Did you find happiness under the rainbow you had painted
under the blankets of my tears?
Did you ever reach that faraway land away from me?
Did you ever jump after you left the ice in my bed?
After the closed window, hot air killed me slowly
Did you ever jump?
Where you there when I flew?
Did you see how far I could jump?
Could you believe how fast I could fly away from you?
After you ate my heart
Did you see that I finally flew?
Did you see my footprints in the wet sand?
Close to something warm that I never wanted but got
The price of freedom for what I didn’t care for
Nothing close to blue
Nothing as purple as your dream
But did you ever jump?
Did you see the scared little sparrow that was afraid of
flying?
Did you see her hidden wings, wings you found?
You made her brave Again!
She took her shoes and left her heart
the one you ate
On the stick to color the birds
While you were jumping
But did you go far
Did you ever jump?
Did you ever find?
Did you ever reach?
The purple sky
I found the sky I had to go to
The sky you dreamt about
The one I didn’t want but got
After you ate my heart
Did you see me fly with no heart?
With no eyes but with found wings
The one you found when you tried to jump
Did you go far?
Did you ever jump?
Did you reach high?
Did you find high?
The empty black
the purple sky you were searching for
The one you longed to exchange for the blue I had
For the sun I kept cherished under the green tree that was
made for two
Where I had hid my wings
The ones you found
The ones that you found
The wings I had hid to sleep under the sun
The ones I didn’t need no more
The wings I used to find the purple sky
The one you wanted to find
Far away from you
The place I flew to
After you ate my heart
Did you ever jump?
Did you ever find?
There was no blue sky
Purple was Not blue
It was still as cold as you
As the ice you left under the blanket
Before I find my wings
Before you eat my heart
I left a pillow before I went
I left a blanket too
Just in-case I come back
Just in-case you stop searching for the black empty hollow
the one you named rainbow
Just in case you hadn’t swallowed the heart
I gave you for safe keeping
But did you ever jump?
Did you ever find your way?
But,what was your way?
Where you lost?
Where you scared too?
Did you have wings?
The ones I tried to hide for you
The ones you kept finding and kept finding mine too
Did it help you jump?
Did you ever jump?
Did you see me fly?
Over the blue sky
After you ate my heart
I never came back
As scared as I could
be
Little scared sparrow and me
We went to the meadow under a wet cold grass
As cold as the ice you keep under my blanket
The night you tried to jump
Did you ever jump?
Did you see me fly?
Copyright © 2012 Parissa Khosh
This week's poem. I wrote this some years back. Please feel free to leave me your comments and give me feedback!
