Songbird

The day the songbird came 
the sun shone between showers. 
The silence was perforated 
with melodious euphony, 
the day the songbird came. 

The day the songbird came 
our melancholy was lifted 
with his tunefulness, 
his brightness lit our darkness - 
the day the songbird came. 

The day the songbird came 
marked a sad anniversary, 
but its memory is diluted with 
his sweet concordant sound. 
Today the songbird came. 

Now that the songbird's here 
a passing wave of pensiveness 
is pervaded with jubilant abandon 
and crashes on the shore of oblivion 
now that the songbird's here. 

Amazing what a song can do 
to dark and sombre mood and hue: 
discordant silences harmoniously 
transformed to sweet-toned humour, 
now that the songbird's here ....... 

Oh stay, sweet songbird, stay......
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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