diff --git a/priv/content/2021/05/2021-05-05_will-i-feel-the-wind.md b/priv/content/2021/05/2021-05-05_will-i-feel-the-wind.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d704029 --- /dev/null +++ b/priv/content/2021/05/2021-05-05_will-i-feel-the-wind.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +--- +%{ + title: "Will I Feel the Wind", + id: "poem-will-i-feel-the-wind", + date: ~N[2021-05-05 13:00:00], + author: "Adam Piontek", + tags: ~w(poetry acoa aca spirituality) +} +--- + +Long ago, as I suppose many teens do, I tried to wrote poetry now and then. And then I learned to hate my poetry, and I stopped. I wonder if I could just be kind to myself and enjoy trying? + + + +#### Will I Feel the Wind + +I don't feel my wings. +Have I held them stiff so long they're numb? +Did they atrophy too far? +Did I amputate them and forget? + +Slicing the skin and sinew, +rough implement cracking feathers? +Did I scrap their sick crumpled span +somewhere lost? + +I used to dream of flight, soaring free. +Dips and curls and swoops, +graceful landings, inviting horizons. + +But who would love my winged majesty? +They were more danger than delight. +More frightening than curiosity. +More risk than promise. + +I've long since been unconfined, +but I'd already forgotten them. +The familiar posture stuck, +tucked in tight, cramped, tense, hidden. + +Holding it that way is what's comfortable. +I can't stretch them wide just yet. +Muscles weak, tingling sharp as I try. +This burning ache, is it tender love? + +Will I feel the wind? +Will it grace me with a lift? +Will it hold me like a friend?