The Sparrow's Song
It’s late in the morning, past the time to start the day
All the animals are asleep, though they should be awake
But one is awake—one little sparrow sings her song
But she is small and she is weak; it doesn’t last long
It awakes one, just one, a robin
Hearing her song, he joins right in
But they are singing separate songs, they don’t know any better
They don’t know how to sing together
Their dissonance disturbs a big blackbird
Who understands both of the birds he heard
So, he sings between, rounding out the other two
And though the song is growing louder, they are still too few
They awake three canaries, four cardinals, and a magpie
Two nightingales, two owls, all join the sparrow’s cry
Slowly, slowly, slowly, more and more arise
Every bird joins in, and how the volume multiplies
And all the animals start to awake at last
Oh! What power that little sparrow has
Copyright © Lily Blando | Year Posted 2022
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