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Tim
Senior Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

0 posted 2008-04-19 10:03 AM

If I were but a hummingbird,
I'd dart from here to there,
From daffodil to vinca's bloom,
Where I'd hover in mid-air
Sipping of maid's nectar sweet,
Until I'd had my fill,
With wings a blur, I'd then depart,
A darting to sir daffodil.

If I were but a flower wild,
I'd bloom with dawning's glow,
Opening up to greet the day,
And to the world bestow,
The beauty to, which I'd been graced,
By Nature's omnipotent power,
Then with the passing of the day,
I'd sleep at sunset's hour.

But I am but a mortal man,
A hummingbird I'm not,
I'll never be a flower wild,
A bloom in nature's plot,
But each day at sun's first rise,
I can stroll afield,
To gaze on birds and flower's wild,
To sip of nature's yield.

Mountain Goat
Junior Member

since 2008-04-06

Posts 32
High Places

1 posted 2008-04-19 10:33 AM

Nice work

Made me think of a hymn that starts "If I were a butterfly", which is now playing itself in my head haha.

Enjoyed.

Seoulair
Senior Member

since 2008-03-27

Posts 807
Seoul S.Korea

2 posted 2008-04-19 11:05 AM

Beautiful. Love the read.

shyvl
Senior Member

since 2008-04-11

Posts 531
texas, usa

3 posted 2008-04-19 11:50 PM

kept me in rapture. Love the final lines.
sharyn

Larrysmom
Senior Member

since 2008-04-03

Posts 533
Florida, USA

4 posted 2008-04-19 11:56 PM

This is a beautiful piece… Makes me want to see this gorgeous field of yours.

Tammy<333

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

5 posted 2008-04-20 03:21 AM

Tim.. your beauty has graced us again.. thank you .. this was truly wonderful!
love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

6 posted 2008-04-20 10:43 AM

Hi Tim

A hummingbird you'll never be
or a flower in a field
but a poet who appreciates
the wonders life reveals

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

7 posted 2008-04-20 05:35 PM

Your thoughts are lovely, Tim.
Ida

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