Lifes Notebook

The Bird

The Bird

I woke up one day and I was in hell

How did I get there? No one could tell

I was a bird but I could not sing

I was a bird, who clipped my wing

I heard those voices in my head

They screamed so loud, I should be dead

The love inside me disappeared

Never to return is what they feared

Oh mama did you cry for me?

When I was lost and could not see

Something about a big white house

Lost in a maze just like a mouse

Something about moving away

Don’t know why I couldn’t stay

Hurt myself, get rid of me

That was all that I could see

For two whole years I went astray

But my mommy always knew to pray

She plead his blood all over me

She prayed that he would set me free

I could not hear and could not see

But she always sent her love to me

The doctors said maybe I wouldn’t wake up

But my sweet mother never gave up

My sweet sister cried for me

I guess a little she died for me

My big strong dad so tuff and loud

Even he was not too proud

On his job he cried for me

And did not care who might see

I know my brother struggled too

Never knowing what to do

Everyone just wanted to know

Where oh where did the little bird go

But I think that maybe I’m getting better

Whatever happened to my purple sweater?

At least now there’s something that I can do

I can tell my mother "I love you"

Where oh where did the two years go

Maybe only God will know

What was the purpose for all my loss?

Why did I have to pay that cost?

For now I cannot answer that

But at least I now know where I’m at

I know I must go on from here

Ill face it all and conquer my fear

I know that people do love me

And God will always be above me

Thru his grace I’ll find my way

The Bird will fly again one day!

©Written by Jeannie Marie Baisden 2012