Just a Bird

JUST A BIRD

IT FLEW TO ME THIS MORNING
WHILE ON A BENCH 
I SAT TO THINK OF YOU
IT GLARED AT ME A WARNING 
AND AS ONE EYE STARED INTO HEART
BESIDE MY HAND IT FLEW.
BETWEEN MY FINGERS THEN IT REACHED
AND PLUCKED A CRUST OF BREAD
THEN WENT OFF TO JOIN ITS MOTHER
JUST A BIRD LIKE ANY OTHER.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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