A Song Where I Belong

Inspired by Maxfield Parish’s “The Dinky Bird”

On the clouds
   Of fruit-filled dreams

I dream
   Of castles
      And fairy tales

One ladder
   Each step—
      A movement in time

Falling along a road
   Looking at the sky
Each kiss a melody—
   The words, a broken cord

Time protected
   In knots
And fortress walls
   As we swing by

Flower pots
   Along the fruit-
      Forbidden trees—
         But here’s the place
            Called Heaven’s Gate

Flying like a song
   Between the clouds—
I sing out loud
   Where birds belong

Pointing up
   As we fall down—
A dead-end route
   To hallowed ground

Medieval memories
   In the clouds of desire—
My love for you
   Is a burnt out fire

Copyright © 2016 by Frank Watson