Poems

If I Were a Bird

If I were an animal I’d be a bird.
I’d fly through the trees (although it may sound absurd)
Every day I’d fly among the flowers
And, at the least, I’d fly higher than the towers
I’d build my nest high up in a tree
If I were a bird, as if that could be
I might be a wolf and roam through the wood
A wolf that could hunt things and should
If I were a wolf, I’d be wild and free
If I were a wolf, as if that could be
I could be a fish and swim all about
Because in the ocean it is charming, without doubt
If I was a fish I’d live in the sea
If I were a fish, as if that could be
All those things around me that I could be
But rather than them, I can be me

In the Morning

When the sun arises all the creatures will come out
The deer with their fawns without a lie and not a doubt
We can’t forget the woodpeckers all knocking at the tree
The birds all stretch their little wings and start to sing to me
And then with a stretch and a yawn and a sigh,
I wake up from my cozy bed for morning is nigh

The Little Man by the Sea

I saw a little man sitting by the sea.
He was playing a fiddle that had music so pretty.
He had a little bag of seeds the birds were eating from.
And he waved his hand at me and said for me to come.
And now as I am sitting here with the little man by the sea.
I play his fiddle with him and feed the birds,

And I am happy as can be.

The Forest

When I’m alone and in the wood I play among the trees.
And when I am among the flowers I watch the honeybees.
I know every leaf and bird that there is in there.
I’ve tasted every wild strawberry, every peach and every pear.
In the winter the forest is in a blanket of snow. 
In spring the woods is where the birds go.
In summer there are all the plants.
And in fall I watch the little ants.
But I always go there, I do not miss a day.
For the forest is beautiful in each and every way.