The Songbird and The Dove

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The Songbird And The Dove

By Paul McCann 

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She came down from the sky

and she knew how to fly ,

long before she could sing .

 

It didn’t take too long

and she captured her song  

one morning in the spring .

 

Then her wings turned to stone

and she was left unknown

when winter came her way .

 

She slept around in slums

and  whistled for some crumbs

at the dawn of the day .

 

She sang her song at dusk

where the beggars would busk

to people passing by .

 

The moon looked down on her

lost in the world somewhere,

with the song that she sung .

 

The moon spoke to the sky

and to the stars on high

before the day begun .

 

When the morning sun shone

her wings of stone had gone  

and the songbird could fly .

 

She flew away  somewhere

with a song that she shared

with a lark in the sky .

 

The lark sang the song clear

for everyone to hear

on that beautiful day .

 

With a sky full of love

the songbird and the dove

together flew away .

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