My Friend The Bird Poem by James Donovan

Birds are creatures God set free
to roam the sky from tree to tree,
except the small one that I see
just outside my window.

It's not an eagle, that I know;
it's much too small to be a crow;
it's just a sparrow watching me
from just outside my window.

I hope my cat doesn't see it first
for thru the window he will burst
to satisfy his appetite
with just a little tiny bite.

One question often puzzles me
Why cats and birds can't get along
and live in peaceful harmony;
Have the birds done something wrong?

But now the bird has seen the cat
And he knows he must flee from that;
And so he swiftly flies away
But he'll return some other day.

He'll visit me when it is clear
There is no cat around to fear
And he can stay and simply be
A friend outside my window.