Blackbird

There was a city, as I was told

Dirty, musty, dusty, old

Over which a blackbird flew

About the bird, that no one knew.

When they looked up, they saw her wings

Pitch black, like dangerous, menacing things

If they observed, they saw her eyes

Which somehow seemed to reflect their lies.

The people kept out of her sight

And dared step out only at night

So the dark would hide her wings so black

And her eyes wont blare the things they lack

Humans they, they made mistakes

But when they hid from Blackbird's wake

With their untruths, her fury grew

And along with anger, her Black wings, too.

But ignorant beings lived on, and lied

"Oh the Bird's not seen at night!"

So they stole, murdered, burned and buried

There was no Blackbird to keep them worried

The BlackBird's fury, became more and more

As she grew bigger than ever before

She eyed the people, eyed the town

When it got too much, she came down.

A glance of the eye was all that they saw

Pain seered through, a pain that was raw

But the pain was bodily, 'twas inside their head

The Blackbird avenged-they dropped down, dead.

So I was told, there's a lesson to be learned

Mistakes to be faced, pages to be turned

And then I was told 'Now remember my word'

'Before you lie, just eye the blackbird.'