Blue Bird (Demo)

I'm partial to maple Their gnarled knots and tough bark Seen from my table We share some of the same marks Secrets kept among oak While I left acorns buried deep In the ground I left soaked To someday be reaped Apple trees with white blossoms Marking early spring Surrounded by bees' soft hum Before the fruit they bring Blue bird took my worries away When it finally took flight Prone to fantastic display Disappearing into twilight Cardinal flashed across winter white With its red streaks of the season Welcome sense of life gone bright And celebration of freedom Sunlight shone weak again In mid-October sky Marks the beginning of year's end Summer's last wave goodbye Blue bird took my worries away When it finally took flight Prone to fantastic display Disappearing into twilight Waiting for the first snow The bite of icy wind When holly berries finally grow And houses fill with scent of mint Frost blankets everything Shimmering in morning sun I know the secrets it sings Listening to the way it crunched Blue bird took my worries away When it finally took flight Prone to fantastic display Disappearing into twilight