Bird's Eye View, Diptych

"Bird's Eye View"
If I were a bird, if I could fly, imagine the feeling, the freedom, the sky!
Imagine how easy, the view pre-supposed, by God's eye forthcoming, a bold motion thrown.
To a conicular narrowing, there's a pure feast below, not to mention the uplift, the coasting, the show.
Floating and swooping, come dance in the sky.
How inevitable a landing, what a natural high, toward a primed palette of flora, just waiting, a myriad and more...

by Marcia Holmes, April 25, 2007
Copyright 2007

This poem is dedicated to my artist friend, Lue Svendsen, for her gift of water lily photos.

PUBLISHED IN THE PASTEL JOURNAL MAGAZINE, APRIL 2008, WINNER OF HONORABLE MENTION IN THE PASTEL 100 COMPETITION