Blackbird, take me with you High above the earth Where I can search for a woman Out of time, her ashes, windblown across the ocean She has taken my heart I need it back I have one creed to live by That love survives In a world where the meek tremble It seems to me Life with a broken heart is hard I will find her in another’s eyes She will live again Love will mend a broken heart… ©AnitaDawes2022
Two and twenty blackbirds Wings on fire Ending life in a flurry Never thinking twice Turning back to the beginning Your life on the line Time sparks turning red Wind blown life on embers Enough to start again Never turning back to see Tiny new-borns flying free Your life recounted making three Tiny blackbird wings outspread Wing and a prayer, nothing is ever truly dead Over land and sea, you’ll see them fed… ©AnitaDawes2022
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