VULTURE
Chair With the Wings of a Vulture, 1960, Salvador Dali
Posted for Mag 218 @ Magpie Tales
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Shared with Open Link Monday @ Real Toads
You fly high
But your gaze is on
the carcasses
Crush, crunch and
chew me
And be pleased with
your false aura
That’s no more than
some thin sticks
Easily broken and turn
to ash
I am neither angry
nor feel pain
When you stain your
beak with my blood
Your clipped wings
can’t take you there
Where I dwell
Delight on the body
Black Bird
My soul is tied up
elsewhere
Ah.. vultures can look quite menacing.. grim indeed.
ReplyDeleteA lovely poem Sumana.
ReplyDeleteFlying high , the vulture but gaze on the carcass , how beautifully composed.
The soul is indeed elsewhere as it takes flight..
ReplyDeleteI am neither angry nor feel pain
ReplyDeleteWhen you stain your beak with my blood
That is a great way to be, for it shows understanding...
Ah, this is true freedom. I'll think about applying it to the smaller injuries.
ReplyDeleteI like the vultures, they are beautiful birds. Often we see them
ReplyDeletehovered on the road or beside the road having their feast.
I have heard that vultures do not eat living creatures.
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I like the inference of self-contained safety and wellness.
ReplyDeleteI like ths- especially with the soul tied up elsewhere
ReplyDeletequite vivid in the taking of your body
ReplyDeletebut yes when that time comes let them
have my body...the soul will be long gone...
IT does not matter what is at hand that threatens.The soul harbours the strength. Great write Sumana!
ReplyDeleteHank
Vultures..... Clearing up the mess....
ReplyDeleteVultures..... Clearing up the mess....
ReplyDeletedark and moody ~
ReplyDeleteLove that "my soul is tied up elsewhere" beautiful write!
ReplyDeleteI love where this took you!
ReplyDeleteI love the last line!
ReplyDeleteI liked it and where it took me. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI specially like the ending line too ~ A bit dark but fits perfectly with the image ~ Good one Sumana ~
ReplyDeleteI love this! Yes, lots of feeding imagery in this image and you skillfully turned it into something intriguing. The last line asks more questions than it answers. Beautifully done! Thank you for your wonderful comment on my Magpie!
ReplyDeleteooh this is dark--it ties so well to Dali's work!
ReplyDeleteSo true Sumana...and beautifully said. :-)
ReplyDeleteA celebration to what the soul can endure even when the body is being tortured. Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteI love how this speaks to eternal life...beautifully rendered. :)
ReplyDeleteBodies break and turn to ash but the spirit lives on.
ReplyDeleteFinely chosen words to make a rather stunning piece.
ReplyDeleteMy soul is tied up elsewhere...I love that...
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