Torn Feathers & Free Eagle Wings

Betwixt a boulder & a brick wall,

My wings don’t seem to stand a chance at all!

Feathers stuck between slivers of rock…

& each lift I make nearly knocks me out!

The sky’s opening is only a taste bud away…

& the air is my tongue’s hope, on the tip of a star,

at the end of the day…

I twist left & right, jump for a soar…

got knocked on my ass again, like it ain’t already sore…

there just seems no way out before night-falls,

no way in hell I’m gonna give up flight…

Freedom breathes through every pore,

….the breeze of air in my wings, with a song in My Soul…

“I know why the caged bird sings.”

I fell asleep in this gruesome tussle,

wings, feathers & energy all ruffled,

dreaming of Magikal realities,

in a rare night of rest,

& the fight was on….

Again…

I clashed about & scuffed my claws,

panting & determined, in the brawl

for My Life,

for My Wings, for My Voice….

My King…

just to Free-Sing,

another Love Song,

a goodnite lullaby of Sweet Dreams

& Rested Wings,

to go meet My Shouldered Heart….

safe on His shelf,

between the novels of Life & Death do Us Part,

which has been given for safe keeping,

until Our eternal meeting.

With knowledge & determination!

I snag a few more feathers,

Who gives a damn? It won’t be my the death of Me,

but staying caged in …will be,

I’m on a flight to Rescue Realism,

tearing MySelf to freedom!

Smiling with felicity,

No, it wasn’t with simplicity…

I let the crap just fall….

Wing Tips, Feathers & All…..

For the air flowing throughout My Being,

Feelings …

none “Ever” like it

& We will Live OurStory to tell It….

with the pleasure of Pure Spirituality…

Souls connected on the tips of Four Angel’s Wings,

bound for Ever-Salutations & Greetings Face to Face…

battered, scorned, hurt, & scarred…

I’m breaking loose from these fuckin’ bars!!

I’m in tact & Eye smile…

shaking My Feathers,

thinking of an Eagle Journeys treasures…

Aching & sore…

I soar!!!

…to the highest peak…

Inhaling air like nourishment, like a quenched thirst I’ve so long seeked,

while embracing the Sun’s Rise withIn My Soul…. missing Her warmth & light….

the ecstasy of it…..of the future,

gently laying my feathers at rests position…

& I sing an Un-caged Melody…

Shaking Tears, Vibrating from years,

as notes flow freely, filling the air…

I watch the trees dance & sway,

to New Melodies of A New Day,

& Mother Nature Melodizes with me,

as I lose mySelf in the freedom of the Wind & Song….

……“Not much longer…..”

Urth Eagle has lifted Her wings from a Dragon’s Fiyah withIn… to be Free,

A Love Song for You & Me,

coming from withIn, with no external entry….

Her Joy Now comes from more than a caged song…

Somehow an invisible entrance has been found…..

From the implanted Love of Soul Seekers,

spilling heart aches, heartbreaks, love seeks, and love spots weak….

Ever-Seekers, no longer needing to seek, but spill….

The pain & love lost,

for freedom and New Love’s Kingdom,

at All Cost.

©10/14/12 LeTisha.Woods

& the Walls Come Tumblin' Down

….my folk! you quite theater doe’

presentin’ yurs a mesmerizin’ sho’,

they all reminiscing ‘bout stable careers, childhood dreams,

of romance scenes,

‘fo adulthood kicked dey asses into real  Awaken-ings,

& true horror stories b’came realities;

some choose ta watch yo movies, scene afta’ scene,

as if, dem sho’s in demselves, would fulfill dey dreams

while otha’s fully conscious of da bullshit you spit,

ta keep one captured, wit yo chain, ball, & trin--kets

smooth as a gentle, summa’s breeze, as yo mouth flo swept our minds, 

simultaneously it cut raza-blades into our souls,

our struggles, weren’t the fairytales you tol’

yo appealin’ ol’ happily eva-after’s,

& dey lived happily eva- after’s,

it ain’t da truth of da lives we wish fo’-

t’ain’t tales of da shed tears, of the workin’ po’!

t’ain’t da truth of our disembodied ancient ancestors soul’s cryin’

fuh ign’ance ta set our minds free!!

let’s tell’t like’t is “my” folk…for da love of you!!

da facts of dis life

dat we livin’

…ain’t cutting no deals

…it’s time ta get real,

while you swag’n suave’, wit yo hella-dip,

Kangol hat tipped to da side,

cigar smellin’ sweet….you like a rat,

spewin’ a cavity-filled, mouth full of lies;

to yo own fam …

freedom- searchin’ souls….

not truly givin’ a damn ‘bout our goals,

only how many of “our”dolla bills you can fold…

Carin’ less of whose mind’s or spirit’s you’ve sold

ta ya new massa, fuh today’s get rich quick scheme…

sellin’ yo’ stage play, over-nite quick-fixes to yo’ own folk,

even tho, ya don’t believe in ya own joke no mo….

spuing false hope, hidin’ the soul you lost to anotha form of coke

flashin’ yo’ wand….feedin’ hisStory’s miracles out yo’ magic can,

at da cost of anyone’s energy, dat will ride on yo desert land

compensated smiles,

you beginnin’ to know yo err’, yet know no way out…

continuin’ ta nourish yo people wit da ign’ance until we all in drought,

instead of spillin’ yo Awaken-ing…

da deceptions….da lies

learnin’ yo’self…

teachin’ da way ta self-education

                                     self-preservation

                                   self-motivation……self-love.

Free Truth!!!

but at da cost of a few bucks & our soul’s health,

Resurrection …..ReBirthin’ of a nation,

you bring us death.

rather kill yo family, than ta uplift & save even yo own lousy soul,

fa pieces of temporariness, that ain’t even yo own.

The ever……Our inheritance….Ours

tryna seekin’ the truth…

turning the pages of destroyed, with a fine toothed-comb,

while you lovin’ some impermanent specks of gold, nice car, hella-home…..

at the cost of climbing yo’ masters ladder,

a lil’ pocket clitter-clatter,

my love, just a message of wisdom

…..soon as ya step out of line….

rock bottom gon’ sound mo’ like a thuDDah

We’re watching in despair, but…..

We’ll be lookin eye to eye again Pretender…

My Brotha’s..…My Sistah’s Keeper..….My People’s Slow Killer…..

And We’ll say….

 “So glad You’re Awake, You can take your mask off now, You’re back home…

    let’s get to work, there’s progress being made here… We’ve been building.”

©LeTisha.Bowie 8/5/12