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Johnny and his Pigeons

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Written by Alex Hodson

Tuesday, 10 June 2008

There he sits while the world passes by Too fast for his liking, As he sits on and on, Feeding the pigeons, so long To his only friends as they head off, Into bright blue skies To head for the sun, Perhaps he won't be there when his friends return And so he is left on his own once again And again and again and again, As his wrinkles get longer, His skin starts to sag, His shoulders ache, His muscles lag Behind everyone else's As the clock ticks away Tick tock, tick tock, And as time goes by Johnny begins to wish that he, Like his pigeons, Could fly Fly on... Copyright 2008 Alex Hodson Keyword: johnny pigeons fly sky time passing old wrinkles aches wishes muscles sun Report this story | Add to Favorites | Send to Friends | Author's Profile No Comments posted Comments (6) Posted by ams 2008-06-10 17:54:52 .... nice poem, although my favorite thing about this is how the secod stanza is shaped like a pigeons head. is it ment to be like that or am i just seeing things? + Report this comment Posted by sTiCkFiGuRe 2008-06-10 18:36:39 pidgeons...we had a pact!! I think your seeing things there ams... pass that blunt my way. Sad poem of loneliness. liked it. + Report this comment Posted by ams 2008-06-10 18:51:34 .... aww i kinda thought it was like how O captain! my captain! stanza's are shaped like a gun. Like the long line is the beak and the line before it's head and then how it curves in and then back out like it's making it's chest if that makes any sense. but then again i could just be seeing things + Report this comment Posted by Hodders 2008-06-11 00:19:36 .... There's not meant to be a break for the second stanza I think it's just where the pic has split it up, but now I look at it I guess it does look a bit like a pigeons head! Now that's lucky! + Report this comment Posted by resistanceisfreedom 2008-06-11 22:30:37 .... after i read this i simply said, "Wow" this was really well done. i loved the lonely tone. i have to add this to my favs so i don't forget it. so thanks for this! + Report this comment Posted by Hodders 2008-06-12 00:15:36 .... Thanks for reading it! + Report this comment Post a comment Post a comment

 

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