Like Night
Like Day
A poem by ShiningForever
Unlike are the eagle by air and the deer by land,
Nor the hunter and the hunted;
Likewise the cry of a jackdaw, song of a lark
Different by night, by day!
A change granted by the northernly wind carrying long-awaited
rains
Yet overshadowed by the curse of a storm,
For upon the tips of the wings of the bird by dawn
Rides a 'gift' one cannot share.
So grant me, young bird, young robin, young swan,
Grant me not your wings!
But a way to the west to the home of my heart,
Where soptted feathers lie;
Like fawn, like eaglet, like day, like night;
What gift lies in wings that don't grant true flight?
Away, away! To dawn, to day!
Carrying the light of far-away stars.
