The bird is an animal almost universally exalted and accepted as symbolically being associated with the soul, as a messenger of the gods, carriers of souls, and an oracle or seen to possess the spirit of loved ones whilst also being a symbol of good or evil. ….. Carl G. Jung, the psychiatrist, said that birds represented the inner spirit of a person and that birds were seen to be associated with angels, flight’s of fancy and the supernatural.
I see you perched there Mr Robin
Silently watching
Observing my every move
Without fail, you are always here, present
I see your bend , still watching
As I kneel to tend to the flowers that surround
My father resting place
You attentively listen as I converse with my father
As if he is was stood /sat listening to me as you do
I’d tell him of how I miss him, how I love him,
How my life’s been ,that for once I am happy,
That I have found love
I’d tell him all about Jo and how I wished he’d met her,
I’d tell how I miss his laughter, G_d do I miss his laughter
I see your head lean in sympathy at my loss
I swear if your wings were arms you would wrap them around
My grief strickenframe and comfort me
As the tears rolled down my cheeks
I as I leave, I take one last look back
stop
I whisper in my head “See soon Dad, I love you”
If I could understand your song
I hope you sing a song
of reassurance
to promise
to
keep him safe ,
look over him,
keep him company
until I return again…
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