Drowsy Eyes, Peacock Feathers

May 4, 2016

DROWSY EYES AND PEACOCK_ FEATHERS

Peacock feathers,
go after them in the wild.
They will turn you mad.
Every feather
dissociated from the bird
and fallen on the ground
is like a page found from an anonymous diary,
a biography
whose owner like the owner of this fallen feather
is lost, out of sight.
You pick up the feather
and it speaks and sees
with the thousand tongues and eyes
inscribed on the plume.
Once I held
one such feather fallen from a peacock's plume
and wandered without a clue
into the maze of winding ways;
acquired a passion for
collecting books to house each feather in its heart
as a bookmark,
a silly passion,
like building palaces to house small collectibles, museums instead of libraries,
to host feathers, and then books as accessories;
and then on sunny afternoons
an invitation sent to butterflies and bees :
"Come, my sweeties, join me,
in these mad summer excursions
into my museums
of books and peacock feathers.

Thank you for the image +Latif Z

Latif Z originally shared to Art & Culture:

"Be patient with yourself.... Self-growth is tender....

it's holy ground. There is no greater investment......"

♤ Stephen Covey

♧ Beautiful art by Seher Mohammad