Jeff Bresee - A BIRD NOW GONE

No bird remains to sing his song
So silence pounds the whole day long

In beat with memory of the day
I clapped to make him go away

The fault, it clearly lies with me
The bird was what the bird should be

Now I live knowing I was wrong
To want to silence any song

…Jeff Bresee

…Inspired by ‘A Minor Bird’ by Robert Frost

Jeff Bresee

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