
If I cannot fly…
Let me sing.
—Stephen Sondheim, “Green Finch and Linnet Bird” from Sweeney Todd

If I cannot fly…
Let me sing.
—Stephen Sondheim, “Green Finch and Linnet Bird” from Sweeney Todd
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I added a postscript poem ‘The bird’ to a collection ‘the route to grace’ that I published privately in 2014. It goes:
when morning comes
the bird will sing
and I will open up my heart
and my smile,
and my own song
to that singing
© Kathy Labrum McVittie 2014
Beautiful!Thank you for sharing.
Katherine