A Far Away Land Called Within
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Once we saved a white owl which we saw at a bird market.
It was a magnificent bird,
which did not know how to fly.
It was tied to a horizontal pole. There was it’s home.

Over time we taught it how to fly.

And it did.

It now flies.

Deep within us,

we are all birds,

wanting to take to the skies,

to soar where we have never been,
but that we know exists.

We look at them,
and we think, such freedom,
not knowing,
that birds simply fly
for they know what their wings are for.

Wings,
we each have them.

But ours aren’t beside us.

They’re within us.

ABOUT THE COLUMNIST

Nell-Lynn Perera’s favorite past times are writing proses and painting. Being able to connect with people through them has encouraged her to continue doing both with a growing passion. Many times upon reading her poems or looking at her artwork, people assume that she’s living through what she wrote or painted – not necessarily so. She writes to inspire people mostly, even if it’s through a dark piece of writing or art. In life, she’s realized most things are relative. And everything shall pass. This is the beauty of life.

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