A Poem for a Thursday #127

Well, here we are. Another week, another poem, and no other posts. Moving is a lot of work. Hopefully, once we are settled in our new location I will have the mental energy to do more than share poems. In the meantime, enjoy today’s selection.

Begin by setting the instructions aside.
Instead tune the mind to flight.
Attach the huge, clunking wings (treat like hangar doors)
- do this by lantern light; now heave them wide.
Next, place the heart inside - adjust to beating;
You may witness a sudden upwards surge
as the chest swells - this will be fleeting -
resist the urge to release;
now, embed the eyes (still asleep - this matters)
and fasten the beak; carry the slumbering bird
to someplace steep, repeating the word wake,
and - this is key - just as the heart (yours) begins to break
and the slow whales blow - 
let go

Louise Greig
How To Construct An Albatross

Brona has shared a poem this week.