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A Little Bird

He belted his little heart out

Same time every day

It lasted for hours and hours

But still…

She  does not come.

 

I shouted out to the little bird

“Why not perch on another tree?”

 

“I was calling out to you…”

the little bird replied,

“To keep that smile on your face.”

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blackbirdbirdsNatureour soul

Nice To Sea You

I am telling the crystal clear water
I am truly sorry…

If I’d have known
You were there
(waiting for me)

I would never have hurt
A speck of me

Instead I folded…
Under the city’s walls
Decaying streets
And people jampacked
With yesterday’s worries
And the future foreboding

If I had known…
I would be sitting with you, now

I would have waited,
Till the ripples of life
Broug...

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hopestrengthloveour soul

How much we would like to say...

 

How much we would like to say.

How little we say in reality.

How often we are afraid

And hide our souls in vanity.

 

How seldom we speak with each other

Because we are always in a hurry.

We make just a short breather

Thinking of our own worries.

 

How little we give the warmth

To those who badly need it,

Thinking of our own life storms

W...

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our soul

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