The Bird by Rachael Vannatta

Is that bridge getting built?

Are you making your way?

Your wings are broken,

You can’t return home

The light appears in front of you

You try to resist the pull

Your body drags along the ground

Your talons breaking off

Flightless Bird, jealous, weeping

Lost everything you had

Never had a choice to go

Never to take the sky again

The bridge is getting built

Pressing back the blackened trees

The fog is churning round

Making it hard to see

The cat’s silhouette is as big as a monster

Pushing you away

Crushing you beneath its weight

Forcing you to leave

Flightless bird, grounded, bleeding

 

Inspired by lines from the songs:

Flightless Bird American Mouth [Iron and Wine]

Sloom [Of Monsters and Men]

Lost in My Mind [The Head and the Heart]