A Swallow’s Tears
Held inside, my third eye flies through the bars of this cage. On wing am I, mated I fly, my spirit undaunted by this earthly stage. Hollow bones and hallowed heart in play, I find repast within the air though bars contain this sage. With tearful eyes, I fly. With brazen line, I seek to find a stage, to portray the core of me, swallows play. A soul who seeks cannot be stayed by bars. Great Spirit gifts each man a way to fly, a bridge between his eyes onto the stage the road open, to the place where God’s play. Mother, mother dear I can't live this way I drown in dreams and drink, I cannot stay. Deborah Guzzi This poem was written as part of the 20 Poem Challenge. Deborah Guzzi's poetry appears in Magazines: Existere - Journal of Arts and Literature in Canada, Tincture in Australia, Cha: Asian Literary Review, Hong Kong, China, Eunoia in Singapore, Latchkey Tales in New Zealand, Vine Leaves Literary Journal in Greece, mgv2>publishing in France, RedLeaf Poetry, India and Travel by the Book, Ribbons: Tanka Society of America Journal, Sounding Review, Kyso Flash, The Aurorean, Crack the Spine Literary Magazine, Liquid Imagination, Poetry Quarterly, Page & Spine, Ekpjrastic: Writing & Art on Writing and others in the USA. Her new book The Hurricane is available now through Prolific Press.
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June 2025
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