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.