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.