#hope is the thing with feathers
hope is the thing with wings
(after Emily Dickinson)
hope is the thing with feathers
that sits in a gilded cage
hope is the thing with wings
bound to the ground, enraged
hope is the feeling of hunger
for a future yet unfound
hope is the figure of fury
carrying silence, solitude, sound
hope is the thing with talons
clinging to secondhand prey
hope is the thing we’ve crowned
as king, queen, clown
Do you know what torture by hope is? After despair, calm sets in, but hope can drive you mad.
Anna Akhmatova
A greeting for Algy @adventuresofalgy
Algy was SO thrilled to receive this wonderful greeting from his kind friend Susi @marauderfan today - and it’s such a gorgeous digital painting of Algy’s most tuneful feaathered friend too❣️
Algy has been listening to his red-breasted friend sing in the tree tops every day recently, and his cheerful voice brightens up even the gloomiest autumn day. And of course - being a bird himself - Algy has always loved the poem “Hope is the thing with feathers” even more than his non-feathered friends do
Just wonderful ❤️ Algy sends Susi lots of his very fluffiest hugs xoxo
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when the national said all we gotta do is be brave and be kind
