Poet's Corner : Black Bird

One Caribbean Nation.

                                                                                     

                                                                             Black Bird

                                                                             Thy see you in flight

                                                                              But they don’t know

                                                                              You are more beautiful

                                                                              When you are not flying

                                                                               Sometimes they see you on the ground

                                                                               But they don’t know

                                                                               That you are more Fantastic

                                                                                In Flight

                                                                                For they see…………but

                                                                                They cannot understand:

                                                                                They cannot fathom your beauty;

                                                                                Your fierce determined independence;

                                                                                Your warlike devotion

                                                                                To your young.

                                                                                 But, I understand you,

                                                                                 I Admire You,

                                                                                 I Respect You,

                                                                                 I Love you……

                                                                                 Because all I ever see

                                                                                 Is A Beautiful Black Bird.

William Skinner