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A Bird on a Summer's Day

September 9, 2011
By MidnightNow1127 GOLD, Brentwood, California
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To be a bird on a summer’s morn,
Waking up to the sun,
Alive and warm.
To hear the chick’s feeble cry,
“I’m off to find food!”
And I take to the sky.

To be a bird on a summer’s day,
Not a care in the world,
Simply chirping away.
To shake with fright as the black bird crows,
Or to be the one scaring if another comes too close.

To be a bird on a summer’s eve,
To feel myself rise on a gentle breeze.
Relaxing alone on a sturdy branch,
Or to fly back home,
And make it by chance.

The life of a bird on a summer’s day?
None but they can explain or say.

© Allie K., Lake Villa, IL

The author's comments:
I wrote this a while ago. I was outside on my porch and I saw a bird sitting on a branch on a tree in my front yard. It was beautiful. It looked so serene. I wondered what it was doing there. And then my mind wandered and thus my poem was born.
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half.note said...
on Dec. 30 2011 at 10:31 pm
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Made me smile. Really great!
MidnightNow1127 GOLD said...
on Nov. 17 2011 at 8:39 pm
MidnightNow1127 GOLD, Brentwood, California
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Thanks a bunch!
Acastillo GOLD said...
on Nov. 17 2011 at 5:26 pm
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It was really nice, I wish i could be a bird on a summers day!