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The Wings
May 28, 2008 | 5:30 PM
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This is a poem that was handed out to us in English back in November that I found when digging up stuff to study for finals.

Disclaimer--I know they mention the colors white and black, that's supposed to mean good vs. evil, not skin color, absolutely not to be taken in a racist mindset.

I added the colors/bold/italics/different fonts/highlights.  I did not re-order the structure or the order; that's the way the author intended it to be.

Okay, all that said, here's one healthy serving of my ideological visions for the world, comin' right up:

 

 

The Wings

By Denise Levertov

Something hangs in back of me,
I can't see it, can't move it.

I know it's black,
a hump on my back.

It's heavy. You
can't see it.

What's in it? Don't tell me
you don't know. It's

what you told me about--
black

inimical power, cold
whirling out of it and

around me and
sweeping you flat.

But what if,
like a camel, it's

pure energy I store,
and carry humped and heavy?

Not black, not
that terror, stupidity

of cold rage; or black
only for being pent there?

What if released in air
it became a white

source of light, a fountain
of light? Could all that weight

be the power of flight?
Look inward: see me

with embryo wings, one
feathered in soot, the other

blazing ciliations of ember, pale
flare-pinions. Well--

could I go
on one wing,

the white one?

 

What if we could all go on our one wing?

~Peace~

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Katbird read my blog view my photos
Jun 3, 2008 | 8:21 AM

Interesting poem, Pinks.
Very thoughtful.
I hope we all can control our dark side.
I know it takes work. Just a moment to stop ourselves and think about our actions and words.
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