The Steel Bird Poem by Tony Adah

Steel bird
Who made you than
The ingenuity of man?
In his pride to show he mimicks
The swift hand of nature
In every way it makes.

Steel bird
You glide like a kite
Your still wings flap not
At takeoff or landing, you're guided by men
Unlike the tamed pigeon
Who flies at will without a hum;
We fill your tummy and you fly with us
Not to your destination but to ours
And when you miss your way
We lose our lives
And in this the limitations
Of man's ingenuity comes to the fore.