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