You don't have to be a songbird to sing. Neither do you have to be an eagle 
to hunt...

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	Child of Wind

I'd rather be a screaming hawk
Than a songbird in a cage;
I'd rather be wild and free,
Let the world be
My stage.

I'd rather hunt and give chase to
A rodent for a snack
Than sit around and sing a verse
For a loving smack.

In the wide-spread skies I soar,
Riding untamed winds;
You'll never catch me singing in
A cage
Out of the wing.

Ancient branches are my perch,
Laughing brooks my trough,
I'm free to love
And free to be
Unlike the canary.

A songbird's always cherished,
A canary's always sweet,
But all in all,
I prefer my song
Of freedom and victory.

"Birds of prey don't
Scream for joy, exhaultion
Or for glee;
Every bird needs a nest of
Twigs and leaves,
Like any other beast."

But tell me
Oh, most wise and wizened,
What would you know of
Me?
For you are you
And only
You;
And me,
I'm of the wind.

			~<songshadow@hotmail.com>