Find Hope In A Sparrow Poem by Mark (Owen) Williams

Hello dearest Sparrow my glorious delight, on cherubim wings you bless my poor sight,
As you soar and you glide across my pathway, you give me such hope to see through this day.

Oh Sparrow my love you know what is best, with the freedom of flight, a gift that is blest,
At peace as you rummage through our wasteful bins, recycling our food and other fine things,
And delivering them to your righteous home, your safe and your wondrous warm country dome,
So free and at ease you roam and roam, constrained by nought but your skin and your bone.

I wish I too shared your precious gift, to climb past those trees and sky oh so swift,
To ride the great winds upon freedom’s call, to dance and to sing, rise proud over all,
And to live in this world with joy – not to die, but oh, oh no, not for I, why not I…
For my frayed old husk is too weak, fit to die… so weak is my heart... that I cry and I cry.

Just once may I feel the glow of the sun, the joy of such peace – a victory won,
Release me I pray from my mental hell, release today from this shattered shell,
And give me new wings to fly and to sway, oh give me the strength to start this new day,
So I too like you – a sparrow may be, above all this woe, above soaring free.