To All the Birds I’ve Ever Seen

To all the birds I’ve ever seen:
you look so pretty in the sky, just floating by,
with wings of orange and saffron,
bodies of golden brown.

To all the birds I’ve ever seen:
what would it take for me to be
a bird like you?

I wish to go away from here
I would like to go away.
The sun shines softer
on birds like you.
I am a human
in a world
I do not wish to stay.

It looks so easy
to fly away from
it all
on wings like yours,
beauty perpetual,
and heart incarnate,
in the shape of one
little
bird.

If I became one of you,
we would play
in the morning sun
with dewdrops
in the grass
as the new day begins.

To all the birds I’ve ever seen:
you are all so pretty,
and I am consumed by your beauty,
and finally lost for words
after an eternity
of meaningless noise.

Truly,
there is nothing more perfect
than a bird
like you.

Poem and photography by Hazel J. Hall
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