Pájaro Azul
I have to write a poem.
I'm sure you all already know.
I didn’t know what to write,
or what to say.
My parents exclaim “just write about a pajaro azul, it was sitting on the tree.”
But they forgot to mention if it’s real, or fake.
How much of a difference can this make, you say?
I could say el pajaro flew from tree to branch finding a home for it’s nest.
That the pajaro de plastico was as real, as my emotions.
That the pajaro vivo,
was something I could never be.
El pájaro de plástico was me.
I am el pájaro de plástico azul.
I spread my wings, colors that turned dull over the years,
No longer the bright blue,
The blue you find in a lost ocean.
The blue that has me drowning inside.
My parents, the colorful birds, always outshine the sun,
while I am sinking,
falling,
to my own death.
Wings, as big as the sky; but I still don’t know how to fly.
I have no use for flight.
The only right thing about me,
Is that
I'm blue.