Blue Bird
Charles Bukowski’s Poem
Blue Bird is a poem about the reproach of a man who tries to silence the blue bird in his heart. However, it is not possible to silence the voice inside us… And it is time to release it. Watch to this magnificent poem by Charles Bukowski with impressive animation with his own voice.
Blue Bird
There’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I’m too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I’m not going
to let anybody see you.
There’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he’s in there.
There’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I’m too tough for him,
I say, stay down, do you want to mess me up?
you want to screw up the works?
you want to blow my book sales in Europe?
There’s a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I’m too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody’s asleep.
I say, I know that you’re there,
so don’t be sad.
Then I put him back,
but he’s singing a little
in there, I haven’t quite let him
die and we sleep together like
that with our secret pact
and it’s nice enough to make a man weep,
but I don’t weep, do you?
