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.