Trace William Cowen.

November52009

bird

Find your friend
with sad long feathers
He waits for you
He waits forever

Find this friend
with sad long feathers

He will sing to you the most beautiful song

Find your friend
he’s out in the weather
The rain for you
The rain forever

Find this friend
out in the weather

He will recite for you the most beautiful poem

“Fly!
Fly!
Where once you stood you must now
Fly!”

Follow your friend
He soars
You plummet
Where once you stood
you must remain standing

“You flew
I didn’t!
I just don’t get it!”

“I’m a bird
You’re a person
I thought you knew”

“I didn’t.”

“Well, now you do.
It’s true
It’s true
I’m a bird
You’re a dude”

“Just a dude?”

“Just
Only
Day and night
You will only take flight
in your dreams
So I suggest…”

“Yes?”

“I suggest you sleep.”

Thank your friend
find a pillow
Rest your head
but don’t sleep forever

You are not a bird
but you can fly
Imagine wings
Meet the sky

Friends are found and lost again
but atop a pillow
We shall never end.