Straw, Or Sky? Poem by Eric Cockrell

Straw, Or Sky?

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is a sparrow's nest
made of straw,
or made of sky?

do we come from the womb?
or return to it?

do we plow the earth?
or does it plow us?
where will we be at harvest?

do we spend all of our lives
trying to go back
to what we knew as a child?

are we then mouth,
nipple,
or the lonely phallus

of a forgotten god?
the empty hand,
or the sound of wings...

testify!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kasia Fedyk 12 June 2012

I love this poem so much it touches my soul and reconnects with all the invisible and the visible. Thank you!

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