Sparrowfalls

I was a little bird
Never much to see.
Forgetful as I flew
Caught up in the horizon blue,
Dizzied by mountain and ocean views
The open sky the only place
I felt meant to be.

In the soar, the wind upon
My little wing
I lost my flock,
I somehow forgot
Or never took to thought
Our migratory patterns
What seasons bring.

I’ve never heard a flock
That shares my song
I’ve never found my home
Through all the lands I’ve flown
It hasn’t been so bad alone
But I wonder if any ever missed me
Wherever I belonged.

I could read the skies
Early on, I knew
This journey would be my last,
I sang goodbye to all I’ve passed
Following updrafts for one last cast
Into the unknown
Hoping as I flew

To hear my song from a distance
But my farewell aria is a solo.
If I didn’t fly and sing alone
No one I passed would know
The song that birds like me will sing-
And so it’s okay

That I never really found my way.