When I Feel Lonely

When no word remains with me, Long enough to call my own, And it is as soon repeated As away from me flown, I ask myself, Was it my invention? I might strike the proper note And set the air quivering With heart-ache's antidote But love has wings to fly, Scarcely a moment on earth, Fluttering things take to the sky, Dabbling the air with mirth... You cannot capture one Or joy will soon run away, But you may hold in your palm, A feather pricked today... If love seems out of sight, Recall a tune or a word, Sliding down an aura of light, A tremor from a bird...