You are a raven
Against a blank sky
The earth hides her colours
From you while you hide
Your true Self from her
Your soul sighs behind a
Prison of your own making
Pacing back and forth
In your tired eyes
A prisoner, wrongly imprisoned
Crying out for freedom
Your soul’s cry falls on
Deaf ears in the silence
Of your eyes
The ravens gather in the fields
Under grey skies they come
To hear your soul’s lament:
‘Oh please set me free’
‘Let me walk through the fields’
‘In bare feet, my arms wide open’
‘Embracing the sun’
The ravens bow their heads
They know permission
Will not come
Until the best part
Of your youth and strength
Have passed away
And your limbs have
Gone to sleep; your
Spirit deflated
Because it knows you
Could have been great had
You acted without permission
And set your soul free
To be alive, to be wild,
To wander and enjoy life
For life’s own sake
Greatness is not so rare
But rare is the courage
To live life full of
Passion and grace
The ravens fly
Away one by one
Against a blank sky
To J.
– c.lowe
Wow! Clay, just wow. I don’t have the words. I love this one.
this is amazing write!
fantastic!!
Thanks Cathy 🙂
Hi Darlene,
Thanks for your lovely comments and thanks for stopping by.
Peace,
Clay
Beautiful thoughts … beautifully written.
There is perhaps nothing worse than being wrongly imprisoned, and it happens far too often.
It is a serious blemish on the American criminal justice system that too many prosecutors abuse their power, and get away with it.
I have just published my 2nd novel, “A Good Conviction,” which features a detective from Manhattan North Homicide working to untangle what appears to be a wrongful conviction in a high profile Central Park murder, brought about by a prosecutor who knew the defendant was actually innocent and hid the exculpatory evidence that would have led to a not guilty verdict.
Several prosecutors and appeals attorneys helped me with the legal aspects of a Brady appeal in New York State, and all of them agreed that what I portrayed was both realistic and all too possible.
If you go to my amazon.com page …
… you can learn more about my novel and others’ reaction to it.
LEW WEINSTEIN
LOVE this.
“Greatness is not so rare
But rare is the courage
To live life full of
Passion and grace”
I wholly agree with those lines. Excellent poem, Clay. Great photo too.