699 : The Black Bird

Sunday Whirl (Wordle #159) presents a list of words

that we must incorporate in a writing piece.  

The words this week are:

blackbird, night, broken, wings, life, moment, 


arise, eyes, free, light, see, dead

The Black Bird

Black,

Sombre,

Cadaverous;

The grim keeper

Of malice and bile

Sits

Silently,

Perched up high,

Watching in sullen grey tones

The moments

Of life

As they pass by her eyes,

Broken only by the light and dark

Of a flickering timeline.

Her cold black, gimlet eyes,

Sharp eyes,

Piercing eyes,

Dead and lifeless

Judging eyes,

All seeing hate-filled eyes,

Watch

As she sits

Wings folded behind her,

Like a mortician

Watching the mourners arrive.

Nights come and go

But the darkness remains

She sees all

But says nothing

Free to arise and go

Yet not to.

Black,

Sombre,

Cadaverous,

Watching.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2014

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