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.