Yellow Paper Birds (Poetry)

Crisp origami
floating on the air
their flock created
along the same lines
identically

Canary-bright shapes
strung on a mobile
wings stretched inviting
a cool breeze to lift
but not one escapes

Just decoration
symbols of freedom
no frantic heart beats
or yearns for the sky
mute with frustration

The ghost of a tree
trapped in thin paper
recalls how it felt
the wind on its leaves
a dim memory

Dreams drift wistfully
with yellow birds
showing us the way
for Life’s ‘Let’s Pretend’
ironically