these words to tame

There, in the sticky
Smile when maimed

     Don't get stuck

Wisdom is learned release
Lest words lose flame
amidst emotions run amok

Fight for the birds to fly again
Live low through the day dim
And say it clear, 
these words to tame

Between you and I, a sea of you and me

Frothing and twisting and hissing
An intertwined ball of heart
a boy statue pissing
Filling a puddle of fear sharp as a dart

Transposed into a horrible riddle: 
   of native tongue
     a mystery
   alien years now from
     that swelling sea

Some days.

(image: Like a Bird on a Wire)