Poem #22. 23 Reviews. 681 Hits. Sweet. The thing that inspired me to write this poem was TheSoggyBug's first chapter to 10 Days. Lots of different phrases or sentences brought this to me... Katniss's POV.
Black tipped wings,
Ruffling softly,
Beady black eyes,
A black-and-white
King,
He opens his sleek beak,
And his voice
Begins to mimick
Mine,
My four-note melody
That I learned
Long ago,
In what seems to be
Another world.
The beautiful creature
Perches next to me,
Staring intently,
Curiously,
Waiting for me
To make another
Sound.
It is unafraid,
It sits quite still,
Then when I
Sing it again,
He copies it perfectly,
Blinking its
Eyes expectantly,
Wishing for more.
But this much,
Her song sung
Again to me,
My eyes fill
With tears,
And I utter
No more sounds.
He clicks his beak
And flies away,
Spreading his
Great wings,
The black tipped wings,
Spreads them out
And flies away.
I realize that they were right,
That I am
Just like him,
Always trying to
Fly away,
But there is nothing-
No, nothing
Left for me now.
I am stuck on this branch,
Awaiting for something
To pick me up,
Either unable
Or unwilling
I cannot do it
On my own,
Unlike the Mockingjay.
I know that is what
I am supposed
To become,
But I just can't.
I am not like him,
I can't just lift up,
Spread my wings
And take flight.
If I screamed until
My lungs burst,
If I cried until
The world
Drowned in my tears,
If I ran until
My feet gave out
From punishment
Of lapping up so many miles,
No matter what I do
To change it,
I can never be whole again.
I can never become just like him,
The Mockingjay,
Who can take off and
Forget the past
With a flash of his
Great, magnificent, black-tipped wings,
Spread open in flight.
I am not like him,
And I never will be.
Hey, funfact: Did any of you ever notice the type-o on the back of Catching Fire? Well, go look and see for yourself. The Capitol, Panem, is spelled with an "O". But on the back cover of Catching Fire it is spelled with an "A", in big, bolded letters. Go check it out. I wonder why the editors never caught that... it's pretty obvious, if you ask me...
I'm still looking for quotes and inspiration!