Migrant bird

The globe’s my world. The cloud’s my kin
I care not where the skies begin;
I spread my wings through all the din;
Through fears and fright I fly my flight.
No walls for me, no vigil gates,
No flags, no machine guns that blast
Citizens of those border states-
Brothers of her brother’s sons.
No maps, no boundaries to block
My sojourn into unknown lands.
I spawn and splash in distant spills,
I breed my brood where’r I will.
I won’t look down. No I will not.
With speed of wings I hasten past
And close my eyes against the sun
To dream my dreams and make them last.

    – Famida Y. Basheer

Figures of Speech:

Alliterations:

Through fears and fright  I fly my flight – f

No maps, no boundaries  to block – b

I spawn and splash  in distant spills – s

I breed my brood  where’r I will – b

I won’t look down. No I will  not – v

With  speed of wings I hasten past – v

To dream my dreams and make  them last – m

Personification: 

The globe’s my world. The cloud’s  my kin

Anaphora:

The  globe’s my world. The cloud’s my kin

I  care not where the skies begin;
I spread my wings through all the din;

I  spawn and splash in distant spills,
I breed my brood where’r I will.
I won’t look down. No I will not.

Repetition:

No  walls for me, no vigil gates,
No flags, no machine guns that blast

No  maps, no boundaries to block

Rhyme Scheme

aaab – Kin, begin, din;

abac – Gates, states;

abcb – Past, last;