Look At the Old Bird

Look at that old bird
Hopping and clapping
Dancing and spinning
Whirling and twirling

The lookers were young wrens
No wait
More like crows
Hoping she would falter, fall or fail

She did none of that
She knew her heart
And spread her wings
And flew
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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