Wings discarded on a headland, found;
On coarse rock clean and worn
Honeycombed salty bitter, fragmented
Wrenched by the rowing sea
Alone disheveled, as rent from sky,
Carrion to the bemused wind
Unkempt and tossed asunder
Desecrated vestiges of grace
Whose calm and mighty carriage
Skimmed clouds to heavens afar
Did faithfully their masters bidding
Beat the winds as battle drum
Stalwart, soldiered ferocious storms
Until wretched cells were overrun,
Skin slain on the rocky ground
With pain and suffering overcome
Eyes and heart into the circle cast,
Reward befits the task.
Shedding the gift of burdens past
Dislodged feathers to the sea were cast,
Release from this Earthly mask
Resolute breath expired, and passed,
Ascending to the blue, blue vast…
Free at last, free at last, free at last.
Danny Draper
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/wings-discarded-on-a-headland-found/
