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.