Flightless Bird

Beautiful bird,

Come fly with us…

Come see the world,

Explore the colors.

Dance through the rains

Fly above the seas,

Come and you’ll see

How it’s really meant to be.

Beautiful bird won’t you spread your wings,

Won’t you take a leap?

For if all else fails,

Faith will catch you.

Beautiful bird,

Are you damaged?

What keeps you restrained?

What isolates your soul?

“Congenial bird,

Have you ever been defeated?

Experienced sufferance

And lost all of your senses?

Have the wolves come to destroy

Your nest while leaving you

Helpless and Hopeless?

Have you experienced life?

Congenial bird,

Life does not simply consist of

Rainbows,

Butterflies,

And grounds full of worm buffets

Ready to fulfill my hunger for life.

Congenial bird,

Life keeps you from flying.

From seeing the world

And exploring the colors.

The only rain you see is

That which forms from

My flow of tears.

Congenial bird,

I cannot spread my wings,

I cannot bear to fly above the seas

Or take a leap

For life took away my flight

Leaving me as nothing more than

“A Flightless Bird”