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.