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.