If I Was A Bird

If I Was A Bird

If I was a bird ~

& Lost all my feathers

Would I be scared

& Sit there and shiver?

My heart beating fast,

With no quill left to quiver.

If I picked up just one

& Dipped it in ink,

Trailed the unknown

In the space of a blink –

I would flutter alone,

Til the songs in the wind

Are calling me home. 

Valerie Hayes