“Like the Fish and the Bird” was written for an assignment during my Sophomore year of High School. But, it was good enough that I kept it for my poetry collection.
The man works the hard, cold ground
As the woman stares at the hard, cold stars
Dimly lighting the vast field around
There is a river and there is a tree
The river flowing through the hard, cold ground
And the tree standing below the hard, cold stars
The man’s arms hardened as the ground he works.
The woman’s stare cold as the night sky
And while man and woman look on life in despise
A bird avoiding the hard, cold ground
Lays her eggs in the tree
As a fish leaps unnetted in sunrise
On her treacherous way upstream
The man, and the woman,
Sit on their front porch
Looking at the tree and the river
Wondering why they can’t live their lives
So much easier and simpler
As do the Fish and the Bird
~ Amelia <3
Written 9-5-2003
