A Poet's Journey

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A Poet's Journey
The Ground

The Ground

Struggle to take the flight of hope

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Bob Metivier
Aug 26, 2022
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A Seven-Stanza Garland Cinquain Series

Grounded WIngs- AI Image by Robert Metivier


The ground,
Tethered to earth,
Afraid to take to flight
With wings untested in the night,
And wounds

Such wounds,
Fate’s prisoner
In pain’s relentless fear,
Unable to let go the rope, 
Enslaved

Enslaved,
Tied to this place
Where memories erase,
Haunt eyes unable to break through
The veil

…

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