Saturday, March 21, 2020

The Welcome Mat Lays Muted


“Yesterday love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.”
Lennon-McCartney

My picture-perfect door doesn’t welcome.
The wizard’s gone vile and wicked enlists
the breath of my neighbors for war
without their consent.

We are an oddity of enemies
who want to touch, but are
divided by glass so we can’t reach.

From my zoo cage of pictured walls
 holding close to what I need to let go,
I watch birds sitting on my fence chirping,
“Now humans know how it feels to lose their wings.”

©Susie Clevenger 2020



Poetry is my journal. Welcome to my roller coaster. 

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11 comments:

  1. Carrie Van HornMarch 21, 2020 at 11:54 AM

    Oh you have nailed it here perfectly Susie!! From the title to the closing lines, but I adore the middle stanza! Social distancing and all that is so uncertain and fearful is certainly like being caged and having clipped wings. It is so wonderful to see you at the 100th Muse Susie! Take care my friend.

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  2. anthonynorthMarch 21, 2020 at 12:33 PM

    Beautifully put. We have indeed had our wings clipped. And using Yesterday was also inspired.

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  3. SusanMarch 21, 2020 at 9:43 PM

    "From my zoo cage" ouch! as you say, as say the birds. "now we know." Yet we cage ourselves voluntarily to escape what we think would be a worse fate. Hmm.

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  4. C. SandlinMarch 22, 2020 at 5:57 AM

    Absolutely and well put!

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  5. TruedessaMarch 22, 2020 at 7:36 AM

    Well said, I do feel my wings are clipped and inside my cage I sit.

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  6. FireblossomMarch 22, 2020 at 11:27 AM

    Yeah, I think Mother Nature is scik of being messed with and now she's snapping back.

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  7. tonispencerMarch 22, 2020 at 6:55 PM

    Truly Susie, you have captured these strange times well. I love the middle stanza.

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  8. Sherry Blue SkyMarch 22, 2020 at 7:02 PM

    This is fantastic. I envy birds their innocent existence these days. Hope your family is well, Susie. Stay safe.

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  9. HelenMarch 23, 2020 at 9:23 AM

    Damn birds, need to stop that chirping. But they chirp the truth.

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  10. JimMarch 24, 2020 at 7:32 AM

    I am glad you mentioned the Beatle song, "Yesterday". It is one of my favorites. Well, Susie, I am glad my glass walls run far and wide, I should have been president, I'da been a good one, but I won't about my life. Complaining about crummy leaders though, I will do that
    Good job on the Poem. I love your glass cage concept.
    ..

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  11. purplepeninportland.comMarch 24, 2020 at 5:26 PM

    You have summed our times up perfectly, Susie.

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