Jackdaw Wonting To Break Free Poem by Mark Heathcote

Your heart like a frozen sea;
Was a jackdaw wonting to break free?
Hatching offspring eggs, with me
"Let's make anew - was your plea".

So, we laid in an urban squalor.
But so blue would be their skies
Their shells opaque lacquer—
They were given wings to shatter.

They broke their shells icy chains
And now they whistle and sing,
In a mulberry, tree in sweet refrains…
So free they've forgotten you and me.