Losing Feathers

Mother The rise of sun I cannot see it Helplessly, I lay My wings nearly bare I cannot move I cannot speak My limbs heavy Bricks on my body Slowly, ever slowly The pure white feather Will blacken; turn to ash They are my hopes Fading fast Do you wish to help Or watch in silence As I lose my ways And lose my feathers A hollow hurt heart Smolders as feathers do Slowly and painfully Yet painlessly I lose my hopes My feathers burn Clammy and pale Phantasmagoric images Dance across my vision Do you feel hopeless Just as I do I had hoped and dreamed Just as you still do But my wings lost strength Becoming frail and tired Once as beautiful as yours Only to wilt and burn to ash Flakes build in piles They cover my body Like weights of steel And you walk close The dust remained still You hold out a hand My last feather bursts into flames I see your hope and reach Ashes fall from my heavy limbs The fire burns on I no longer feel as weighted My wings turn to flames And they are born anew They will be ash sometime again But then they will return brighter than before And you will be there To help me through