Aug 4, 2016 Free Verse, Original Poetry

Afternoon-Flight
©August 4th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

Flash of blue sails across sun-drenched air.
Japanese maple stands, glad to receive bird
With open branches and dappled leaves.
Glints of gold on green and flutter of leaf and feather
Gently open my tight-breathing heart,
With its Elsewhere just a step away,
And pour in peace.

Blue-jay, harsh of voice, but oh, so grateful
For air and light and shelter!
Traffic sounds from far away, a soft reminder
Of human time.

But why remember it?
Time is a thief.
Human time is bondage time.
Bird-time is peace.
And tree-time, endless.

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