Lost Lonely Bird Soars

The Lost Lonely Bird Soars

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Lonely bird feels lost

He can't fly

He is not understood 

Lonely bird cries

Lonely bird asks why?

As humans fight walking by

Not hearing children's cries

Lonely bird is sad

Knows all beings someday must die

Why is it so hard for them to love?

Why do they hurt each other so

Lonely bird does not know 

The sky above

Where he once flew

Is no longer blue

His song is not heard 

He sees others alone passing away

Lonely bird feels pain

Lonely bird feels grief

Lonely bird dreams he could soar

As he once did before 

But it is not true

Lonely bird finds it hard to try

He no longer wishes to fly

Lonely bird is blue

He does not know what to do

He lives to love

And be loved

But no one comes to play

If they do they do not stay

Lonely bird tries so hard 

As night turns to day

He is tired

He grows old

Looks down on human graves

Lined up with many names

Of those forgotten to time

Lonely bird can't understand 

As a plague spreads across the land

He begins to pray

For all suffering beings

Who face deaths waves 

Deep beneath the sea 

Why do they kill their world?

Why do they not see?

Life is too precious to waste

On chasing after things not real

Lonely bird only trusts love

For him it is the sun

But he now sees clouds 

His heart is brittle

Like when he was little 

The skies were blue and clear 

Now it is smoke and tears

Dust and rotting graves

Forgotten times

Lost melodies

Broken hearts 

Dead languages

Scars and blood

Bodies in mud

Bloated and green

Remain unseen 

Why are humans often mean?

They could be kind

He knows some who are

But they are few and far

The world is upside down

Burning cities and towns

They begin to cut down his tree

It is the last and final tree

He holds his chick close

His baby should be able to play

He hides her from the horror 

His burden feels heavy

Dreaming of stars above

Foreign shores and other worlds

Where love is the norm

He takes flight into the storm

Into the hate, violence, hearts broken and torn

Through darkness past the graves

The broken children who can't play

Whose world is passing away 

He soars thru the darkest sorrow

But still has hope for tomorrow 

His vulnerable heart is brave

Not afraid of stormy waves

Not afraid of death

Or of his final breath

Not afraid of pain

Or the driving rain

He will always fly above

Never give up on love 

No matter what may come

The warrior bird will live on

Singing his lonely song

Because inside he is strong 

It takes courage to cry

Soaring on wings anew

He knows now what to do 

For love alone he lives

His chick leaves the nest unafraid 

We must all learn how to give

Fear not to sing our song 

We must soar on wings of a dove

Fly without fear above

Rediscover our hearts within

And never give up 

On love

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The unheard song of a lonely grieving bird who, in sadness, is strong, who never gives up on love. In his tears reflect a warrior of peace who soars fearlessly against dark skies on the wings of a dove.

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Written by David Penn Trinley Arndt, perhaps April 2020, and revised on April 28, 2022.