BIRDS

We flew
in Iron

then.

... steel birds
gone to war
again,
... and again,

... then gone.

Age has fallen
upon my face
upon... this
place
of feathers

... lost somewhere
beneath the courage

of
boys
become men,

... courage.

... like Birds
flying always,...

Birds,
... falling
into dreams.

Brave birds!

calling out...
in the silence of the night.

©Copyright March 12, 2004 by Lou J. Klaiber