Bird Of Paradise

Bird Of Paradise is a poem from the point of view of a psychiatrist (whether real or imagined, you can judge) who is visited by three very disturbed 'patients', each of whom are tormented, or in love with, birds of paradise. The ending sheds some light on what is actually going on, and thus, in whose head the entire poem takes place... Enjoy!

There are nine stanzas of four lines each. Each stanza has a strict syllable count, per line, of 15 syllables, 9 syllables, 7 syllables, and finally, ...