Just a fly <br />the wall <br />my perch <br /> <br />Watching this small <br />world go by <br /> <br />Trapped in this <br />house <br />it sees <br />door open <br />flies as fast <br />it is so <br />can <br /> <br />Yet not that <br />fast <br />for its wings <br />have been <br />bent so <br />broken <br /> <br />Never quiet <br />healed <br />for as it <br />does <br />reach it <br />the door so <br />slamed shut <br /> <br />Second before <br />freedom so <br />could have <br />reached <br /> <br />Close but yet <br />far <br />fly returns <br />to wall <br />sitting watching <br />mostly unnoticed <br /> <br />When it is noticed <br />they either ignore <br />it <br />try to kill <br />it <br /> <br />No one has tried <br />to set it <br />free <br /> <br />There is one <br />that has tried <br />to capture it <br />small little glass <br />jar <br /> <br />That one once <br />succeeded <br />by driving the fly <br />over the edge <br />purposley pushing <br />wrong button <br /> <br />Then being stuck <br />in a 5 by 5 glass <br />jar <br /> <br />Escaped it did <br />moved back <br />into the larger <br />prison <br /> <br />Moved back to its place <br />on the wall <br /> <br />There the fly will <br />remain untill <br /> <br />Have they no shame <br />for I am that fly <br />on the wall <br /> <br />I stay with my <br />undying eyes <br />watching this <br />world fly by <br />one day <br /> <br />Some person will <br />let it fly free <br /> <br />Saith I will have to wait <br />until my wings fully heal <br /> <br />Then I shall fly free <br />from this prison<br /><br />Scarlet .....<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-fly-revisted/
