Blackbird on a Wire
Blackbirds in the sunlight
Moons all that they see
Blackbirds are watching me
From the ??
If I had wings i’d fly away
Fly across the sea
Until I found an unknown land
Where no ones heard of me
I wouldn’t even have a name
Call me what you will
I will be your blackbird
On your windowsill
Blackbird on a lamp post
Blackbird on a wire
Blackbirds over water
Blackbirds in a line, all single file
Blackbirds crossing borders
Blackbirds atop the hills
Blackbirds over valleys
Blackbirds on your windowsill, on your windowsill
Secrets are so very sweet
Secrets I keep well
I have secrets that need
Someone I can tell
She’s the only girl I love
Now she’s gone away
And I never knew until
It was too late
Blackbirds on a lamp post
Blackbirds on a wire
Blackbirds over water/valley
Blackbirds in a line, all single file
Blackbirds crossing borders
Blackbirds atop the hill
Blackbirds over water/valley
Blackbirds on your windowsill,
on your windowsill x2
March 4th, 2010
I cannot help but be reminded of this Wallace Stevens poem, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”:
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~.....3ways.html