Birds outlive us
Was it not I ask?
God’s expectation
That parents should live long
And eat
The birds of their children
And the birds of their children’s children
But now
Birds outlive us
Our wings are clipped
Before we crawl
Our feathers plucked
In the morning of our lives
Was it not I ask
The teachings of the African sages
That parents should live long
And eat
The birds of their children
And the birds of their children’s children
But now
Birds outlive us
They soar to the heavens
Free
While we sink deeper
Six feet underground
Dead as cold
April 9th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
death is taking us. i just think life is full of dirty tricks yet we are embracing it