Simple Verse. No.10. On Wings

Waking up from my sleep I felt unusually light Wasn’t sure what had come about But was shocked at the queer sight In the place of my hands Had sprouted a pair of wings My mouth had pointed and curved like a beak Words came out like twittering songs My long and sturdy legs Had turned into wire like sticks And my toes shaped into Sharp pointed claws A tail had been fitted upon my back I was covered in a plumage of brown My body had thinned and turned so light And on my head I had a red little crown Feeling a strange urge to fly, I flapped my wings and threw myself into the air But I had a nose dive into the woods below Never knew flying was like playing with fire Luckily I could perch on the branch of a tree Looking around I saw a parrot green He said he would teach me to fly He was at rest behind the foliage screen He said ‘Hop.. hop from branch to branch One step at a time will take you miles along’ One full day, religiously hopped the way I was told The next day as I flew in rounds, he came along Abruptly he announced, looking into the blue sky “Oh come! On wings of joy, we’ll fly Let us scoot over hills and skim over dales” “Tuwee! Tuwee”, in shrill delight, we flew across the sky