View From The Tower            
                       
                       
                                          
 When I Got Home From Away,  Climbed All 
 The Way To  The  Top,  And  There Was  A 
 Bird In My Room, Not Too  Unreasonable A 
 Bird  But  Still An  Unwelcome Guest  At 
 This  Hour, That  Had  Let  Himself  In. 
                                          
 The  Window Was Open  And So I  Waved My 
 Arms And He Flew Out. But  As Soon  As I 
       Turned Around, HE Was Back.       
                                          
                                     
 I   Took   The   Jackdaw   By  My   Hand 
 Threw   It   Out    The   Window,    And 
        Into What I'M Shielded From       
    Watched Him Fall And Turned Around    
     Held His Gaze Throughout The Fall    
     In Spite He Did Not Move At All      
                                     
                                          
 I Heard The Thump As He Hit The  Ground. 
 My Mother  Came  Running.  "Angel!  What 
 Did You Do?"                             
                                          
 Don'T Come  In  Here, I  Wanted  To Say, 
 But She Would Come Anyway And So  I Kept 
 It  To   Myself.   "Are  You  Allright?" 
                                          
 "I Hurt A Bird", And  I  Could  See  Him 
 Through The Windows, Trying  To Fly With 
 His Wings  Somehow  Inverted. They Would 
 Not  Bear  Him, And  He  Was Infuriated.