Soapbox Poet

The Myth of Songbirds (a poem)

twiddling thumbs and tweeting songbirds

make parting a bitter shot

for there was comfort in the silence

and movement in the air

that numbed all the thoughts I fought.

Then this inner strength rose again

and the misted dew beads drop

down my jaw in hopeful hymns

that soothes the sane

and challenge all I’ve thought

Because when the myth of songbirds

breed an empty tune,

all that I’ve loved begs to

be back soon.