Finding Me

[Delta40]

Watch my soul tumble about.
One moment I am the tree,
twice as big as man
living a Grimm's fairy tale.
Next here I am
a prisoner of my own mind,
lost in rolls of patterned
yellow wallpaper.
Who is the bird
that perches on my limbs
demanding something precious
before it will sing me
the most beautiful song?

[Charles Darnay]

Next here I am
a prisoner of my own mind,
lost in rolls of patterned
yellow wallpaper.

I loved these lines!

I will be honest in saying I did not fully understand the connection between the two parts of your poem.

I'm not about the transition from the above quoted lines to the last section of the poem: I don't funny understand why the speaker goes from tree to internal thought, back to tree again?

[Delta40]

Thanks Charles. I guess poetry always makes sense to the poet but I'm also loathe to explain it until it's been reviewed a few times. Those lines you like I'm sure somebody will know exactly what they refer to!

[MystyrMystyry]

Not the infamous short story called Yellow Wallpaper, by any chance?

Interesting Delta - I wasn't aware that you had vegatative tendencies...

[Little Gal]

It is simple, well crafted and I can relate to it...
I believe the name of the poem adds much meaning...
a good read..
Thank you :)

[BookBeauty]

I hope you won't take it as analytical, but this is truly beautiful verse, and I would like to share my interpretation.

With this poem, I see a creative soul stumbling from imagination, to the uniform of reality. We are taken on their journey. We see them imagining themselves a tree, like in a fairy tale. The next minute, they're transported back to who they really are. There is longing there, begging the question of a metaphorical bird. This bird will be taking a place to roost, but to also give a bit of dreams into their reality. A song. Perhaps the bird is a muse.

Perhaps also might be interesting to note that a Grimm Fairytale usually has elements of darkness, so rather than a fantastic fairytale, it is a fairytale with more depth and shadow.

Maybe I'm wrong, but that's what I take from it. I love to find my own interpretation of things.

Thanks for sharing.

[BookBeauty]

It posted twice.

[tailor STATELY]

Well done.

I too was flummoxed by the transition. With the help from MystyrMystyry
things sort out much better (I'm so behind [read ignorant] on the literature awareness curve).

Perhaps a further exploration of the topic in mind ?

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[Delta40]

It's really a reference to two stories. MM got one of them. The other was a Grimm's Fairytale about a strong tree where a dead child was buried and a mysterious bird only provided peace through its song when given something precious.