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.