As the bird dipped his wings into the stream The womb will freeze He sighs under the hollow sun The blue bones turn and shift Remnants of the cord upturned and gray As he crawls gathering strings With shivers his tailbone is contorted A putrid button descending down Motionless melting lungs fading remains Silently the limbs lay The feathers spread dancing with pain As the suffering begins He reflects the time regretting what could of been