Resurrection of the Bird, by Neil Ellman

Resurrection of the Bird, by Georges Braque (France), 1959.

Resurrection of the Bird

It will fly into the oblivion it knows
rather than the one it doesn’t
willingly, composed, at ease,
as if returning home
the prodigal child of the sky
forgiven at last
conceived in a whim of light
absolved by the sun
reconciled with its destiny
as certain as the stars        
so far from land
it doesn’t know its way
it waits for resurrection
as its primal right.

Neil Ellman

Neil Ellman, a poet from New Jersey, has published more than 1,000 ekphrastic poems in print and online journals, anthologies and chapbooks throughout the world.  His collections include chapbooks devoted exclusively to the works of Paul Klee, Matta and others.