A Thousand Origami Cranes
Laying a bamboo shelves
A tug of a paper tail,
A flap of paper wings
Produce no lift.
A Thousand Origami Cranes
Trapped in bamboo cages
Standing silently, paper soldiers
For an army only on paper
Forever waiting stoically
A Thousand Origami Cranes
Paper wings, paper tails,
Move only by a clever fold
Trapped by humanity's ingenious
Longing to be free
A Thousand Origami Crames
Paper mind, paper heart
Used to express
Messages of adoration
Waiting to be read
A Thousand Origami Cranes
Unfolded, discarded
The heart's message has been read,
Ignored and refused
By a glass statue with an empty heart
The Puppeteer
Waits at a window's edge
Watching raindrops paint an abstract picture
Waiting for the response of
A Thousand Origami Cranes
